Dear Jasmine,
My brother just recently got married and I think he is already having problems in his marriage. I went over to visit him a few times at his new home and his wife is never there.
When I ask about her, he just says that she is out with friends. I talked to him [...]
Brother Has Marriage Problems
Dating Best Friend’s Sister
Dear Jasmine,
My problem is kind of difficult to understand unless you knew the people I am talking about. My girlfriend and I have been dating for about 10 months now and it still seems as if her parents don’t trust me very much. They won’t even let me drive her around anywhere.
Anyway, her mom thinks [...]
Not Attending Family Functions
Dear Jasmine,
My sister-in-law is very rude. The first Christmas we moved here, I bought presents for her, my husband’s brother, and my nephew. I didn’t know them very well, so I bought them clothes. I have really good taste. She brought a used picnic table over that had been sitting in her parents attic since [...]
Choosing Mother Over Wife
Dear Jasmine,
I am having husband and mother-in-law problems. The problem is that whatever my mother-in-law wants my mother-in-law gets. For example, my mother-in-law planned a motorcycle ride on the weekend of my birthday. My husband wanted to go but he also wanted to stay because of my birthday.
He ultimately ended up going because he [...]
Mother Taking Advantage of Daughter
Dear Jasmine,
A year ago I worked at a stable job and moved my Mom and sisters in with me because my mom was unhappy in her marriage and I was concerned for the psychological, emotional and spiritual effects that environment was having on my two younger sisters. About a month living together, I was laid [...]



