by Tamara Hartley | May 28, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Career Advice, Friendship Advice, Love and Relationship Advice, Marriage Advice
Dear Tamara: My best friend is a such a flirt! It’s one thing when she flirts when we are out socializing, but it is a totally different thing when she chooses to flirt at work. She constantly flirts with our boss and the other men at our job. I tried to talk with her...
by Tamara Hartley | May 20, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Career Advice
Dear Tamara: I have a class 5 felony conviction on my record for cashing a fraudulent check. Yes, I know it was stupid, but it was 10 years ago. I was fresh out of college, broke, and did not have many resources. I had a small child to take care of and could not find...
by Tamara Hartley | May 17, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: I am going crazy! I found a condom in my daughter’s purse. I don’t know if I am more angry or afraid! She is only sixteen years old. I had no idea she was sexually active. I had my first child when I was sixteen, I am not ready to be a grandmother and I...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 12, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Career Advice
Dear Tamara: I have not received a raise or cost of living increase in three years. This year we were told that because of the economy annual increases are again, “not in the budget.” During this time the cost of living has greatly increased. My rent has gone up and...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 12, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Career Advice
Dear Tamara: I do not feel comfortable lying for my boss. My boss constantly asks me to cover for him in the office. If someone calls (including his wife or the CEO of the company) that he does not want to talk to, he tells me make us and excuse or tell them that he...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 12, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Friendship Advice, Love and Relationship Advice
Dear Tamara: My family is still friends with my ex and it is driving me insane! My boyfriend and I broke up six months ago after dating for seven years and he just won’t stop coming around. He pops up at family functions and constantly stops by my mother’s house. The...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 12, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Love and Relationship Advice, Parenting Advice
Dear Tamara: My boyfriend spends too much time with his son! He has a toddler son who lives an hour away. Every time the child sniffles, he runs out of town to be with him. If the child has a simple fever or cold, my boyfriend will run to see about him, and even take...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 12, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice, Marriage Advice
Dear Tamara: My sister needs my kidney, but my wife says NO! My wife and I have been having an ongoing argument about whether I should give my sister a kidney. My sister has been sick for awhile and is now in need of a transplant. Out of our eight siblings, I am the...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 12, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Friendship Advice
Dear Tamara: My best friend still owes me money! He borrowed $500 from me to take care of an emergency situation. We have been friends for over ten years, so I didn’t hesitate giving him the money, nor did I ask what the emergency was. I had it at the time, and I...
by Tamara Hartley | Feb 11, 2013 | Ask Tamara Advice Column, Family Advice
Dear Tamara: I just found out that my father has a daughter with another woman. Apparently he had an affair on my mother shortly after they were married. The woman contacted my father and now wants to have a relationship with him after all of these years. I also found...