Dear Miss U,
I have been dating this guy that lives in Canada for 2 years. He is not a citizen there but is working to become one. I live in the USA. When I met him he was working. He was on a workers permit. His permit had expired and now he had to work on becoming a citizen if he wanted to keep living in Canada. So because he wasn’t working, he had no money. For months, I have been sending him money. Trying to take care of myself and him. This has been very hard. I have been picking up days at work, going back and forth to one job and another that I got. It was so stressful for the both of us. We both went into depression. He wouldn’t talk to me sometimes… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
We broke up for a while. We got back together and he has not been the same towards me. Like after he broke up he fought so hard to get me back. When he got me back, he became so mean to me. He never sends me sweet messages anymore. He does not even call me as much and says he is too busy but he does not have a job or anything. Lately, he has been smoking weed and drinking which I do not agree with… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
I met my current LDR boyfriend on a virtual world game known as IMVU, we have known each other for over a year and have been dating for around 4-5 months. I have a problem though; we have never talked on the phone. I noticed (we had broken up and saw other people) with his other LDRs he had phoned them. But usually they also have an iPhone, something that I don’t have. I feel like I can’t ask him if we could call, even if we did, I feel it’d be super awkward since we hadn’t called before and we have only ever been text-based… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
My boyfriend and I used to have the best relationship anyone could ask for. We would say “I love you” every day, he would call me whenever he could, and he would always be as cute as when I first met him. We have never met in person and have been talking on Snapchat, I made a new account about 4 months ago and he has changed drastically. He doesn’t say he loves me anymore, only when I’m upset… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
My boyfriend and I live in the same state but different cities. My parents don’t want me to date him because he lives over 100 miles away. I’ve gotten my driver’s license very recently and they think that I’m going to leave city limits to go and see him. How should I get them to trust that I won’t disobey them and drive out there? [read more]

Dear Miss U,
Recently, I’ve been seeing a gal in a long distance new relationship. 3 hours away. She came out of a bad relationship about 7 months ago, and still cries over it, somewhat. She says she is all done with him. Also, she has a 17 yr old daughter that is having life problems and causing her to be committed to her 24/7. We get along great. She told me she needs to move slow… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
I met a guy a while ago and we started liking each other and then decided we wanted to be together, however, we’re literally continents apart and we decided that when I finished high school I would enter a college in his country. It was all going great but suddenly he said that even though he wants to be with me it’s killing him to wait this long and he said the only way to save our relationship is for me to go there right now. I don’t have that kind of money and there’s no way my parents would give it to me, but I love him and I don’t want to lose him… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
…I don’t feel like there’s any passion in anything we do anymore, our relationship has fallen into a routine of mundane “how was your day” type conversation that isn’t really anything meaningful – at least to me it isn’t. Where before I used to send her love notes and stuff that made her smile and break out into butterflies, she now just seems to dismiss them or altogether ignore them… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
…I’m in college and he is working full time and I had previously said I would come and visit for an extended amount of time over winter break. However, he is struggling severely with money (I’m not doing so well myself, being a college student) and he just started this job, so it would be difficult to get time off to spend with me. I would be stuck spending most of the day at home waiting for him until 8pm. Recently, I told him that I won’t be able to come because I can’t afford it and I would rather wait to spend the money on a ticket when he can get more time off. The problem is he is really upset now… [read more]

Dear Miss U,
…That being said, as I miss him more he seems to be pushing me away, talking to me less, not making any conversation, and rarely initiating phone calls or any form of contact with me. I like to brush this off as him being busy, but being left to feel lonely and pushed out simply makes me question whether it’s worth putting myself through the emotional trauma I suffered last year. I try to openly communicate with him about this it seems to push him away further… [read more]