Pained By Spouse’s Lack of Friends
• September 19, 2016

*My husband doesn’t have many friends. It is surprising to me, because I really enjoy spending time with him. I know that at his core he’s an introvert and doesn’t […]

Pained By Spouse’s Lack of Friends
• September 14, 2016

My husband doesn’t have many friends. It is surprising to me, because I really enjoy spending time with him. I know that at his core he’s an introvert and doesn’t really feel comfortable in groups. I have tried to get my friends’ spouses to engage with him, but it never seems to go anywhere. When I ask my friends what they think is going on, they seem to put me off. I know I am speculating, but it feels sad when I see that the husbands of my friends all seem to do things together outside of our family events, but they never include my husband. He doesn’t seem to notice this and has never brought it up with me, but I see it and I am having a hard time not feeling resentful. Is there anything I can do to change this situation?

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships Withdrawers and Pursuers: Compatible?
• September 7, 2016

*Dear Stacy,* *I am very much in love with my boyfriend and want to get married. We’ve been together for three years and throughout that time we have had a […]

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships Withdrawers and Pursuers: Compatible?
• August 31, 2016

Dear Stacy,

I am very much in love with my boyfriend and want to get married. We’ve been together …

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships Is the Missing Milk a Metaphor?
• August 1, 2016

*Dear Stacy,* *My husband constantly forgets what I have told him, or have asked him to do, and then we get into a fight about it. I have enough self-awareness […]

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships Is the Missing Milk a Metaphor?
• July 27, 2016

Dear Stacy,

My husband constantly forgets what I have told him, or have asked him to do, and then we …

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships Don’t Allow Yourself to Be Sabotaged
• July 13, 2016

Dear Stacy,

My husband is not supportive of my efforts to get our house healthier. I am overweight and he ..

His ‘Work Wife’ Is a Symptom — Or Worse by Stacy Notaras Murphy
• July 1, 2016

**Dear Stacy, My wife and I are about to start couples therapy and I am wondering if you think I need to tell them (her and the therapist) about my […]

His ‘Work Wife’ Is a Symptom — Or Worse by Stacy Notaras Murphy
• June 22, 2016

*Dear Stacy,

My wife and I are about to start couples therapy and I am wondering if you think I …

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships Everyone Needs Reassurance
• June 10, 2016

*Dear Stacy,* *A volunteer job recently exposed my husband of 50 years to a number of single women working with him. I was concerned that one or two women also […]