DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My male pattern baldness started becoming obvious in my early-20s. I turned 28 last year and have been shaving my head for two years.

The woman I am now seeing thinks it’s silly to shave my head. She thinks I should just let my hair, what there is of it, grow out. What she doesn’t seem to understand is that I feel self-conscious with a receding hairline topped with a bald spot.

She thinks once my hair is more visible I can start changing my diet and taking supplements and maybe even treatments to regrow my hair.

I doubt any of that stuff will work. My uncle and cousin both lost their hair early and tried everything from vitamins to surgery, and none of it took. I also tried a few things earlier on, which also didn’t do anything beyond cost me money and give me some uneven temporary regrowth.

I say it’s in the genes. She thinks I can fix it.

It makes me think she isn’t accepting me for who I am. Isn’t that how it seems to play? --- FINE AS I AM

DEAR FINE AS I AM: Either that or she apparently isn’t listening to what you’re telling her about how you’ve decided to deal with your hair loss.

If you’re at peace with your solution, which it sounds like you are, then that’s your best argument in the to shave or not to shave debate with your lady friend. It’s your appearance, your call, and it’s up to her to go with it or not.

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My girlfriend and some of her college friends did a long weekend to celebrate their all turning 25. From their Instagram posts it looks like it was a wild time.

I’m totally cool with my girlfriend having a good time, but her ex shows up in most of the shots, never with her, but there and obviously part of the weekend.

She told me before she left that she didn’t think he was going to be there. They were serious until he met someone else right around the time she met me, which my girlfriend always tells me just proved they were not meant to be and we were.

I asked her if she saw much of him while they were all together, and she told me no, but he’s sure in all the backgrounds.

I don’t want to make a big deal about this, but I keep wondering if anything happened while they were together.

Would it be wrong for me to ask my girlfriend if anything happened? --- I WASN’T THERE

DEAR I WASN’T THERE: Unless you have a solid and compelling reason to believe your girlfriend isn’t being truthful, I think you’re better off giving her the benefit of the doubt and accepting her version of the weekend.

It doesn’t sound like the photos show anything beyond a group of friends having fun together, and if you’re going to move forward with your girlfriend, you’ll have to learn to trust her and what she tells you.

Distrust isn’t a foundation for healthy relationships.

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Our eight-year-old son’s best friend “Luke’s” older brother “Max” was arrested for possession. This isn’t the first time for certain. We’ve known for some time about Max’s addiction.

It’s really sad especially since the family is good people. From what they told us Max had problems when he was at college and started using and then started dealing, which got him kicked out and into his first legal troubles.

The mom and dad are trying to protect their younger children from what’s been happening, but it’s still been hard on them. Our son has seen Max yelling and threatening the rest of the family. We stopped letting him go over there after that, but Luke is always welcome at our house, and we’ve babysat for Luke and his little sister when the mom and dad had to deal with their oldest boy.

We think our son is old enough to be told about what drug addiction is and how Max can’t help himself right now, but that maybe he will in the future.

Do you agree eight’s old enough to have this kind of discussion? --- HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND

DEAR HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND: Your son has already witnessed some of Max’s erratic behavior, so yes, I believe it’s a good time to help him process not only what Max is going through, but how Luke and the rest of his family are affected by Max’s addiction.

If it hasn’t already, word may make its way around school about Luke’s family’s troubles and having an understanding and supportive friend in Luke’s corner could be a big help.