Dear Miss U,
…I recently went to see him behind my parents back while I am in college. After that, I decided to tell my mother and she does not approve one bit. She says he is not someone that can help me in life because he does not have money (What do you expect Haiti is a poor country). He is just gonna leave me and I need to get the idea of being with him out of my head because if it is for her and my father, that relationship will never happen. I plan on bringing him here, but I know that once I do that, I will get shunned by my family. Is there anything I can do to show her that it is not about money? I do not want her to stress me and somehow force me to leave him, but I also do not want to ruin my relationship with my mother… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
…He is stationed in Hawaii which is 4,000 miles away from where I live. He recently has been talking about getting married and building a family together. I don’t know what to do, it honestly takes me by surprise. No one has ever talked to me about marriage before in a way that he does. I don’t know what I feel about it. I’m so happy but at the same time afraid and mixed with many other emotions. We haven’t met each other’s families yet and I hesitate a lot in doing so because I have a big problem in meeting families in general. My guy knows that and it shows that he feels bad about it, but he completely understands me. He said he’s willing to wait until I’m ready. A few days later, I told 2 of my sisters what he said and they said it’s too soon… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
This question is a bit personal, but I don’t know what else to do. My LDR is temporary (a 6-month study abroad term). We had counted on our sex life continuing naturally through Skype and etc, but every time we try it just makes both of us feel sad and even further apart than before. I don’t know how to stop both of us from comparing our long-distance intimacy to what it’s like being actually together… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
I met him in 2014, through Instagram; we became friends since then, but just started to actually date in July 2016. I live in Brazil, and he lives in the US. I got into college last year, and it’s been really hard for him to deal with me wanting to go to parties and go out with my friends, mainly to drink. I haven’t done anything wrong, but he says he doesn’t want me around situations that could help something bad to happen. At one of the parties I went to, with his consent, he suddenly broke up with me in the middle of the party through the phone… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
My boyfriend has decided to go to Australia for approximately 2 years. I am still in the UK and I feel the prospect of him staying out there daunting. We have had many chats about the future and if we would be better off breaking up, but we love each other too much and just can’t. We are set on making it work out, but it is so hard. Now because of him working and lack of contact, I have been getting really upset. I always think the worst and might not be making an effort even though I know he is just busy working… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
…The problem is; when we are apart, he thinks I’m with someone else or have other relationships. The accusations he has made are absurd and embarrassing. He also thinks I’m “too good for him.” It happens often. We argue daily about this almost. He says it’s his instincts and “they are always right.” [read more]