DEAR MIKE CARES: I'm in my early 30s and have decided to lead a child-free life. I think having a kid in the current state of affairs (rising costs, social injustices, crime, global warming, etc.) is unkind and irresponsible. But I'm worried that I won't have anyone to look after me if (or when) I am immobilized due to age. What are your thoughts? -- WORRIED MILLENNIAL DEAR WORRIED MILLENNIAL: Here are my thoughts Debbie Denial , the only reason you have “decided” to lead a c

10. You are stopped on grandpa’s front porch by a bouncer asking you to pay a cover charge to offset the price of food this year. 9. Guests are terrified about Aunt Mary’s new turkey recipe which is the result of more than 1.75 billion ideas and suggestions she got from ChatGPT. 8. Your “forever dieting” sister is caught snorting Ozempic ten minutes before slurping down 12 biscuits and a gallon of gravy. 7. Your brother's Hispanic wife has applied several layers of whit

DEAR MIKE CARES: Two years before he met me, my husband of four years did something I feel was morally repugnant: He solicited a prostitute. When he committed this act, he was going through a dark period in his life. He was divorcing a woman who had cheated and left him for another man, raising his young son and dealing with immense feelings of insecurity. He told me all of this while we were dating, and I thought I would eventually get over it. However, almost five years int

DEAR MIKE CARES: I have been with my girlfriend for 25 years. We have never married for various reasons. She is in her 60s, and I am 13 years younger. Our sex life isn't so good anymore. As a matter of fact, it is gone. What can I do as a younger man to make her feel special again? How can I light her fire? We still sleep in the same room, but that's about it. I am not ugly, overweight or unappealing. Is there any hope for at least a slight increase in sex? All of my parts ar

DEAR MIKE CARES: I'm a man who has worked for a large company for many years. I recently became acquainted with a newly hired woman who is beautiful, smart, funny and compassionate. We talk almost daily, and I'm becoming romantically interested in her. From her behavior, she may feel similarly. I'd like to take things to the next level by inviting her to lunch. There is one major issue: I'm in my early 70s; she's in her early 20s. I'm not sure if she's aware of the large age

DEAR MIKE CARES: I am a man whose long-distance boyfriend of one year has a married female best friend. (She's his boss.) She is also a tobacco-addicted narcissist who drinks a lot. They chat on the phone and text for hours every day because, as he puts it, "she can't be alone." I think she uses him to compensate for her insecurities. I also think she's a bad influence on him. We see each other only every other week because of the physical distance between us, and then only f

DEAR MIKE CARES: About eight months ago, I stumbled on my husband watching online porn. He admitted to habitual use but said it was just a stress reliever and he would stop viewing it. Meanwhile, I am plagued by feelings of not being enough for him, mainly before or during sex but also at random times of the day and night. I am a small-breasted woman, and I can't stop thinking that he has seen beautiful bodies that are much more of a turn-on than mine. I am ashamed of how I l

DEAR MIKE CARES I'm struggling with something that feels both silly and painful. I've developed intense feelings (maybe even "limerence")...

DEAR MIKE CARES: My husband and I have been married for three years. Most of that time, it has been perfect. Six months ago, we received...

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DEAR MIKE CARES: I went to dinner with a friend who had told me a couple of years ago that he was an alcoholic and had gone into rehab....

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DEAR MIKE CARES: I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his full-time job last year. I still work...

DEAR MIKE CARES: I have been having a friend-with-benefits relationship with a man I'll call "Gene." We are both in our 80s. He lives an...

DEAR MIKE CARES: When my sister remarried two years ago, her new husband did not want to raise her son from a previous marriage. In those...

DEAR MIKE CARES: I'm blessed at 38 to have my first and likely only grandbaby. She's PERFECT. My daughter, "Robin," is stressed. She's...

DEAR MIKE CARES: I lost my wife of 20 years four months ago after a prolonged illness. I retired at 62 and became her primary caretaker....