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I am engaged to be married to a wonderful man who I’ve been dating for several years. We maintain separate finances, as we felt it was important not to get too entangled before deciding if we wanted to spend our lives together.

My 5-year-old son recently starting asking me about the extinction of the dinosaurs. He’s been practically obsessed with these giant creatures for years, but has somehow not thought to ask this tough question… until now.

It is true! I did publish a book and I’m proud to show it off.

I have been thinking about the human language recently, thanks to your pointing out that it is an absolute disaster. I was naming words that were the same, but not the same, and yet the same…

I’ve been with this company for about 3 years and have a huge crush on a woman who works with me – not surprising considering the number of hours I spend with her each day.

I was cleaning my daughter’s bedroom the other day while she was in school. She normally maintains her room without help, but I needed to organize spaces for the new Christmas toys.

Now that Christmas is over, I have a question about etiquette.

You must have noticed that I didn’t post a new Dear Lola column this week. I have decided to take the rest of 2018 as a holiday and think about all the ways my brain has delighted the Dear Lola readers this year. Modesty is really a wonderful attribute of mine, wouldn’t you agree? I…

Dear Lola, A few months ago my children started earning an allowance for doing chores. My wife and I thought it would be a good way to teach kids the value of earning money, saving for what they want and purchasing it once they had enough. I felt confident that we knew exactly what we were doing,…

Dear Lola, I am going on holiday in a month for a family wedding, and am facing a dilemma with my children. My son is the oldest and he is enrolled in school – our system has very strict attendance rules and he is not be able to miss those days to travel with us. My…