DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I have always been a super homebody. I am married to a woman who is anything but, strange as that sounds. I have a small group of friends, she’s everybody’s friend.... more

DEAR READERS: It’s nothing I haven’t said before, and I can think of no more fitting day to repeat my thanks and good wishes to those who write to me, read these columns, and share their ideas, opinio... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My girlfriend doesn’t always get why I like to have certain things on hand, like all kinds of batteries, paint for touch-ups, odds and ends of lumber and plumbing accessories,... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Even though she was putting a brave face on, I could hear the fear in my granddaughter’s voice when she called to tell me she had just been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cance... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I am engaged to a brilliant and sweet woman.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: We lost our good old dog around this time last year.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Because she’s the mom, the family court almost always sides with my ex-daughter-in-law when custody problems come up.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My husband’s ex-wife is absolutely beautiful. I can never deny it. It was partially why the marriage didn’t last. Men and women flirt with her all the time, and more than once... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My wife is one of those people who has her holiday gifts bought and wrapped by mid-October. That’s the system that works for her.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My son-in-law has a 1968 Ford Mustang, which I truly believe he loves more than my daughter. He puts more money into that car and spends more of his spare time, including week... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My daughter, who is in 1st grade, has been complaining since the beginning of the school year about the boy in her class who is autistic and who among other things likes to to... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I was raised Catholic and my wife is Jewish. We’ve always respected each other’s faiths and through the years, including before our son was born, attended each other’s religio... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: When I was five my mother booted my father out of our house. My parents were never married, only together for a real long time.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My husband went to a K-12 private school run by his great-uncle. He is convinced one of the foremost reasons he got into Princeton was because of the superior start he had fro... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My grandmother passed suddenly in March and it is painful to see how my grandfather is still deeply hurting. He gave up on almost all his traveling to visit family, like he di... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: All my life I have been artistically expressive. My mom jokes I was born with a paintbrush in one hand and a sketching pencil in the other, which she further jokes made for a ... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I grew up in a single-parent military family. My mom was not ever close with her family outside of one of her grandmas, which is part of the reason she joined the Air Force ri... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: After our company’s owner switched meds and had to go on a high fiber diet for health reasons, she started having a lot of flatulence.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My family moved into a neighborhood transitioning from its original owners to a lot of young families, like mine. We happen to live next to one of the last of the original own... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My mother was the biggest helicopter mom out of all my friends’ moms, and that is saying something!... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My first real boyfriend also happens to be the son of my parents’ best friends. We grew up together and were a couple for about three years. It was a running prediction from b... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: A friend of ours a few blocks over had their lawnmower stolen from their fenced in backyard not quite three weeks ago.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: All my life, my mother has kept a sparkling house. She follows behind me and my dad to pick up water glasses in the living room before we have a chance to finish drinking from... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Our granddaughter is a beautiful young woman. Unlike her sisters and some of her closest frieds, she has never been into funky hairstyles or even much makeup.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: My cubemate is one of those people who has to watch the clock, and comment on it throughout the day.... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Even though she wasn’t a very pleasant person, especially to our son, to whom she was just out-and-out nasty, our son’s first wife was a great communicator, and kept us up-to-... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: Halloween has always been a big deal in our family. My mom and dad would even switch off taking us around for trick or treating so they were both able to enjoy some of the fun... more

DEAR SOMEONE ELSE’S MOM: I would prefer not to categorize children as scammers, but we have three young brothers in my neighborhood who started their own little business around this time last year, wh... more