Dear Vera Archives

August 21, 2017

Dear Vera, Should I Give In And Sleep With This Married Woman?

Dear Vera - should I sleep with this married woman

*Mail has been edited for spelling and grammar* Dear Vera, I'm a long time I'm a long time reader of your blog and we know each other through a mutual friend. And that's why I have to send this email anonymously. I need objective advice on a crisis I'm dealing with. Please share this with your Sweet Potatoes too. I'm advanced in age (close to 40) and still single and childless. All of my friends are either married or have children. Honestly, I want to be married, but I have not met the Read More

July 19, 2017

Dear Vera, Should I Leave My Husband For My Ex-Husband?

Dear Vera - Should I Leave My Husband - Verastoc

My husband left me in 1975. Told me he needed space. What did I do I find if with a 14 and he left me for her. I got upset applied for divorce married another person day after my divorce. It has been 41 years to this person but i still want my first husband back. Am I crazy. I dream about him. I love him so much and I dream about him all the time. Should I tell him this? My dear, I'm not completely understanding your email. It sounds like you're saying that your husband left you for a Read More

July 5, 2016

Should I Tell My Friend That Her Husband Is Cheating On Her?

It's been a crazy weekend for me. I am currently down with a really, really bad cold that has been accompanied with a headache. I have been popping pain killers everyday cause I go to bed and wake up with a headache. My nose is stuffy, and my throat hurts from all the sneezing. Ada Verastic gave me the cold, but hers isn't half as bad as mine. Anyway, a Sweet Potato sent me this pressing question about catching her friend's husband cheating, and I have responded via video. Please share your own Read More

April 6, 2015

Dear Vera, I’m Unhappily Married

Dear Vera, I have been divorced for 7 years and remarried for 6 years. I have 2 teenage children with my ex and 1 grown child from a prior relationship. We married when I was 24 and my child was 4. After 15 years of marriage I divorced him solely for his inability to control his alcohol. There was never any violence, just emotionally unavailable. I felt I was putting our children first when I left. Our relationship for 3 years after divorce was cold and very bitter! I noticed he slowly began Read More

March 11, 2015

Dear Vera, I’m Sleeping With My Ex-Husband

Dear Vera, I have been sleeping with my married ex husband. He knows I'm in love with him, but he doesn't seem to want to leave his wife. Could he really care about me like he claims, or would he have not cheated with me if he wanted to spare my feeling? __________________________________________________________________ Dear Sweet Potato, Thank you for your Dear Vera mail. Ironically, your mail/question is the easiest one I have had to answer recently. My dear, your married ex husband Read More

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