Category: Dear June

Dear June: My Older Brothers Drive Me Insane

Dear June, I am 10 years old, I have three older brothers who sometimes drive me INSANE! They tease me and I get really mad. We don’t physically fight, we mostly just argue, but I always feel really bad after I’ve cooled down (I have sort of a hot temper). I wanted to know if…


Dear June: Woman Does Not Feel Supported by Close Friends

I have a simple question about a close friend and her husband. Our youngest son recently was engaged. There will be an engagement party coming up and an e-vite was sent. Our friends responded “no” because they would be attending a college football game but would let us know if their plans change. We know…


Dear June: When Being Unvaccinated for COVID-19 Causes Personal, Professional Issues

Dear June, I’m writing not for medical advice, but regarding the confronting aspects of my decision to remain unvaccinated for COVID. Let me start by saying that I am by no means “Anti-Vax.” I believe the speed of creation and the efficacy of the vaccines to be a technological achievement. My 73-year-old mother has ovarian…


Dear June: Husband Is Not Protecting Me From Our Resentful Son

Dear June, My question concerns my 23-year-old son, Will, who lives with my husband and me. He is our third child of four. Two and a half years ago, Will quit college and enlisted in the Navy. He intends to become a SEAL. He has not gone to the Navy due to COVID-19. Will, in…


Dear June: Father Looks to Protect Children From Ex-Wife’s Woke Ideas

Dear June, My wife and I find ourselves in a very stressful and painful situation involving my ex-wife and her parenting style. She barely participates in their lives, emotionally, spiritually, or economically and yet during her self-imposed limited time with them, she pushes her personal/societal philosophies on our small children. The result of her actions…


Dear June: Father Seeks to Mend Rift With Estranged Adult Daughters

Dear June, I suspect a lot of people share my problem. My two adult daughters, both in their 20s, want almost nothing to do with me as a Republican and Trump supporter. They are two different people with different situations, so they express their contempt differently, but it’s there just the same. This problem is…


Dear June: 11-Year-Old Feels Replaced by Cellphone

Dear June, I am 11 years old. I have been friends with my cousin (who is 12) since I was 6. But she got an iPhone and my other cousin has one, too. When they are on them, there is conversation, but it is mostly centered on what is on the screen. I feel bad…


Dear June: When a Loved One Is Dying

Dear June, I have a dying wife. Like many people this happens to, I am broken-hearted over this. She has many health issues and at 71 she could make a difference, but won’t. She eats sugar in all forms and will not stop. I don’t help matters because I buy it for her so she…


Dear June: An Ethical Dilemma at the Workplace

Dear June, I have a difficult decision to take nearly every day at my federal agency job: What agency employees are doing is at times outside the bounds of ethics and law. Do I say what is true and give up the possibility of being promoted and accept the probability of being excluded from future…


Dear June: Dealing With a Passive-Aggressive Husband

Dear June, I need your help on how to feel loving to my passive-aggressive husband. He frequently criticizes me, calls me negative [things], and complains about being underappreciated. He then denies he’s doing these things. When I put a new shrub or flowers in our yard, he will water the grass around it but avoid watering…