It's too late, baby By Garrison Keillor
My husband finally quit drinking so I wouldn't leave him, but now I can't imagine ever letting him touch me again.
(12/21/99)

How much is too much?
I can't focus on my schoolwork unless I have sex three or four times a day. Does this make me an addict?
(12/14/99)

Hurt and confused
After 20 years of marriage, my husband told me he's bisexual.
(12/07/99)

An affair to forget
An evening of drunken passion has left me wondering if I'm still the good girl I thought I was.
(11/30/99)

Healthy urges
I don't want to have to beg my boyfriend for sex, but I'm too young to give up on it.
(11/23/99)

A childless future?
He has everything I want in a man -- except for that vasectomy.
(11/16/99)

Murder, she wrote
The victim in my wife's latest mystery looks suspiciously like me -- a middle-aged man who left his wife for a younger woman.
(11/09/99)

Rarin' to go
Even after I lost 79 pounds, my husband isn't interested in sex. What if someone else makes a pass at me?
(11/02/99)

Could I have been any more inept?
First I fell for my wife's friend. Then I put it in writing. Now my life is sheer hell.
(10/26/99)

Caught looking
My teenage son is surfing porn sites on the Web and lying to me about it. Which offense is worse?
(10/19/99)

Closet case
My female lover left her husband for me, but she won't tell her children she's a lesbian. Should I wait for her to come around?
(10/12/99)

Should I stay or should I go?
Am I crazy to get attached to a man who's been "clean and sober" only 15 months?
(10/05/99)

Poetry slam
She sent my husband laughable love poems and talked trash about me. He says the affair is finished, but how do I get over it?
(09/28/99)

Raging bull
I've grown weary of my husband's sudden fits of anger. What can I do to help?
(09/21/99)

When I'm 63
I love sex and I love men, but the only ones who ever ask me out are married. Where can I go to meet interesting, sexy men?
(09/14/99)

Still tempted
She's the perfect woman: Gorgeous, intelligent and horny most of the time. Why do I still lust after other beautiful women?
(09/07/99)

Oral history
He says he did it once and didn't like it. How can I get my boyfriend to go down on me?
(08/31/99)

If he really loved you ...
My friends tell me I shouldn't let my boyfriend go to Alaska without me. Am I being naive by trusting him?
(08/24/99)

Secrets and lies
I have a past life that would raise the hair on your neck. Do I have to tell my boyfriend?
(08/17/99)

Wanted: Experienced Woman of 40
When you're 30 and can't get women your age to give you the time of day, it's time to open up the field.
(08/10/99)

Porn widow
My husband says his four-hour-a-night, $200-a-month porn habit isn't affecting our marriage. I beg to differ.
(08/03/99)

Is three a crowd?
I'm happy with my boyfriend, but there's this woman...
(07/27/99)

case dismissed
women who write using only lower-case letters must be careful about love. they'll fall too easily for a cabbie, a pizza boy or a poet.
(07/20/99)

The plot thickens
I love my girlfriend, but I lust after her best friend. Now they want us all to live together. Is there any way it can work out?
(07/13/99)

A bumpy ride
My taxi driver boyfriend slept with one of his fares. Can I ever trust him again?
(07/06/99)

For love or money?
I have sleepless nights wondering how my poor musician boyfriend can provide me with a summer house on the shore filled with big books. Am I confused?
(06/29/99)

True love or just chemical imbalance?
I can't get the lover I abandoned 25 years ago off my mind. Why does this torment me so?
(06/22/99)

Love me, love my wife?
Is it OK for me to see my married male friend without his wife tagging along?
(06/15/99)

The art of seduction
Now that we're married, our great romantic adventures seem to be a thing of the past. How can I arouse my husband again?
(06/08/99)

Hot sex with the ex
My boyfriend's tortured by something I wrote about a long-ago, meaningless affair. How can I reassure him?
(05/25/99)

Out of the past
My boyfriend is horrified that I was involved in threesomes before I met him, but I don't think I have anything to apologize for. What can I tell him?
(05/11/99)

Sex so awesome it scares me
He took me to sexual heights I didn't know existed, but after six years he still won't commit.
(04/27/99)

Should I take the plunge?
I'm so ripe for an affair it isn't even funny.
(04/13/99)

We may have to wait six or seven years to have sex -- is that OK?
(03/30/99)

Should I worry about my boyfriend's pornography habit?
(03/16/99)

Is seven years without sex grounds for divorce? (03/02/99)

The woman I love is a Gingrich conservative
(02/16/99)

Dear Windbag
You're no writer -- you're just a schlump who wants to screw a colleague
(02/02/99)

Should I wait for my lovable Silicon Valley engineer who's so afraid of the M-word?
(01/05/99)

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