
Dear Sugar,
My boyfriend of almost seven years and I took a break back in March of this year, but got back together two months ago. While it has not been difficult to remember what I love about him and how he makes me feel, it has been very hard coping with his friendship with a girl he developed a crush on not too long before we broke up. While he has since lost romantic interest in her, they remain good friends (though not as close as they were while he and I were apart).

My dad once told me about a college friend of his that dropped out of school his junior year but never told his parents. They continued to give him money to pay for his tuition and on graduation day, he rented a cap and gown and walked in the commencement line with the rest of his class.
Since I'm so close with my family, I couldn't even imagine living a facade like he did, but I think lying to family members is more common than not.

DearSugar and Next Step Nina need your help. She and her boyfriend are very happy and in love, but she's ready for marriage and he wants to wait another two years before even talking about it. She's
not a fan of ultimatums, but she doesn't want to wait around for him.

Dear Sugar,
My boyfriend and I have been together for over a year now. When it came time to resign our leases last spring, we both did as we knew it was much too soon to live together. He is 27 and pretty much has his life together while I'm 22, have a ton of debt, and am contemplating going back to school.
This week my boyfriend told me that he is seriously considering buying a condo or an apartment.

Every new step in a relationship allows a couple to learn more about each other. Meeting a significant other’s friends reveals his attitude and sense of humor, visiting his childhood home lets you in on his past, and
moving in together opens up a wealth of information about his day-to-day
habits. And while everything you learn may not be music to your ears, accepting someone's minor flaws is part of the package.

Dear Sugar,
Four months ago when my live-in boyfriend was out of town, I discovered that he had downloaded multiple videos of porn and has received numerous pictures of naked women from his male friends via email. I confronted him about it, and he sees nothing wrong with it. He said that he'd stop looking at them, but I know for a fact he's lying.

Dear Sugar,
My fiancé and I have been together three years now and will be getting married in a month. I love him dearly — he is a generous and very strong man. I've been off work for almost five months because I've been struggling with
depression.

Deciding to
wait until marriage to move in together is a choice that many couples make. And though any couple's move-in is a serious step, there’s something particularly significant about newlyweds starting a life together. It’s exhilarating, but certainly a little scary, so I’ve come up with some tips for moving in with your new spouse.

When a couple decides to take the plunge and move in together, there are
a lot of things that need to be taken into heavy consideration — deciding where to live being the most important one. Of course, it's easiest to move into one person's existing home, but you don't want to ever feel like it's their house instead of yours. Since finding something new can be expensive and time consuming, I guess it's just a matter of convenience, or is it.

After nearly two years of harmonious dating, you and your boyfriend have decided to
move in together. You’re both extremely excited about the prospect, but after only a few weeks of living under the same roof, you’re learning a few things you never knew. You’re still compatible in most ways, but would it be worse if he .