relationships

Andre and Shejuana Edwards for You Had Me At Hello for the Birmingham Times. (Frank Couch Photos, For The Birmingham Times)

You Had Me at Hello: ‘For Any Two Puzzle Pieces to Fit . . . They Have to Be Shaped’

September 26, 2018 Birmingham Times 0

THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — “You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. […read more]

Ask Alma: My Wife Walked Out on Me, Now She Needs My Help

February 9, 2017 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My wife is vicious with a capital “V!” We were married for eight years and over that time had two sons. She did everything imaginable. She lied to me, stole from me and manipulated me. Here Read More

Ask Alma: My Co-worker Lied about her “Dead Sister” to Get Time Off

January 9, 2017 NNPAFreddie 1

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I work with a woman who came to work and said her sister died. She didn’t have enough time off so I and another woman donated time to her so she could take off for the Read More

Ask Alma: How Do I Get My Boyfriend to Leave the Streets Behind?

November 25, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I can’t give you all the details, but let’s just say my boyfriend is doing something that makes a lot of money, but it’s illegal. If he gets caught, “we” could go to jail. I love Read More

Ask Alma: My Family Treats Me Like Trash and I’m Ready to Cut Them Off

November 8, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I am 40 years old and have finally decided to cut my mother, father, sister and oldest niece out of my life. I’m tired of being lied to, deceived and treated like the black sheep of Read More

Ask Alma: Instead of Spending Quality Time with his Kids, My Son Drops them off at My House

October 31, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I need your advice. I love my son with all my heart. He’s been a good son and never gave us any problems. He and his girlfriend have lived together for the past five years and they Read More

Ask Alma: I Hate the Way My Husband Kisses, But I Don’t Want to Hurt His Feelings

October 17, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My husband and I have been married for two years. He’s a great husband. He takes care of everything and keeps me very happy. Here’s the catch, I just hate how he kisses. It is just Read More

Ask Alma: Should I Be Worried about My Husband’s “Mancations” with his Best Friend?

October 10, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I’ve been married for six years and I love my husband so much. We met when he was in the Navy. The last year that he was in, I got pregnant, so we agreed it would Read More

Ask Alma: My Friend Invites Her Mother Everywhere We Go

May 31, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My friend of over 15 years recently made the decision it was time for her and her mother to live together again. After her father died, her mom never could really handle remaining in the childhood Read More

My boyfriend insisted a gun would keep us “safer” up until the day he shot me in the face

May 25, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

[QZ.COM] I met Kenny in June of 2009. I was 22 and he was 34. I am a blues singer—he’d seen me at one of the many gigs I played that year in California, where I was living at the time. A mutual friend introduced Read More

Ask Alma: My Friend Is Cheating on his GF with my BFF

May 20, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, A male friend of mine moved to my city for a six-month work assignment. To welcome him to the area, I took him to dinner and introduced him to my local friends. Well, I just learned Read More

Ask Alma: My Wife Left Me after 38 Years and I Now I Want to DNA Test My Kids

May 9, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My wife and I divorced after 38 years of marriage. I still don’t understand why, I want to work it out, but she does not. I had intended on spending the rest of my life with Read More

Ask Alma: My Cheating Ex-Boyfriend Wants Me to Befriend His Daughter

April 4, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I joined the Air Force after graduating from high school. It seemed like the best decision for me and my boyfriend at the time. We wanted to be on our own and start a new life Read More

Advice: Ask Alma

February 29, 2016 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill NNPA News Wire Columnist Dear Alma, I hate my husband’s best friend. They are total opposites and I just don’t get it. I understand they grew up together and went to the same high school, but really, it’s time for this relationship Read More

Advice: Ask Alma

November 23, 2015 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill NNPA News Wire Advice Columnist Dear Alma, I found e-mails my wife has been writing to an old boyfriend who’s now in jail. He will be locked up for a long, long time. At first I wasn’t all that concerned, but now Read More

Ask Alma

December 1, 2014 Reporter II 0

By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Need to Move On Dear Alma, I have been with this person for six years, and we’ve had our up and downs, like any relationship. We are living apart but he still wants us to keep our friendship. I don’t, Read More

Stressful Relationships May Raise Death Risk

May 27, 2014 Kyle Yeldell 0

(Health Central) – People who have stressful relationships with friends, family and at work may have an increased risk of premature death, according to a study from the University of Copenhagen. Scientists examined data on 9,870 adults in their 30s through 50s between the year Read More

Ask Alma

April 21, 2014 Reporter II 0

By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Loved Like a Son Dear Alma, I am 35 and my sweet lady is 57. I love her and she loves me. Although we don’t go out much, we show our affection to each other in many ways. She Read More

Ask Alma

April 14, 2014 Reporter II 0

By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist An Expensive Invitation Dear Alma, Three years after my divorce I met a really nice man. I am 34 years old, financially secure with no children. So far we make each other happy and get along really well. We Read More

Facebook Knows You’ll Be In a Relationship Before You Do

February 19, 2014 Kyle Yeldell 0

[In The Capital] Imagine if someone, or something, knew you were going to start a relationship with someone before you even decided to make it official. The data scientists at Facebook say that they’ve found a few trends on the social network that make that Read More

Ask Alma

February 10, 2014 NNPAFreddie 0

By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist A Weighty Issue with my Wife Dear Alma, Before I begin, let me say upfront that I love my wife. That said, in the years since we wed, she has gained considerable weight. When we eat out, she stuffs Read More