Dear E. Jean: Friends seem to be drifting away. I contact them and suggest we meet for drinks or dinner, and they usually reply with, “Oh! I’m not in town that day.” Or, “Gosh! I’ve got a ton of work that week!” Then, when I ask if I should just let them alone, they act

Dear E. Jean: There’s this guy I like at my company, and I’m not sure he likes me in return. Here are the facts: 1. He teases me. 2. He starts conversations with me that are not necessary. 3. He touches my back sometimes. 4. He cooked me dinner twice. 5. When I compliment other

Dear E. Jean: I am not a traditional woman. I like being the breadwinner and go-getter in our marriage. I make a very generous salary and take pleasure in my career, and I realize that my dilemma is a privileged one, E. Jean, but I struggle with feeling that I always “wear the pants.” A

Dear E. Jean: I haven’t worn a dress or high heels in seven years. I haven’t even put on a pair of flattering jeans. I know how to shop and I have ideas on what to wear, but I’m the mother of a seven-year-old son with autism and the caregiver to my mother, who is

Dear E. Jean: I’m a 29-year-old single, straight woman living in the big city. I have been lucky and have found great financial success and personal fulfillment in my career. I own my own home and have fantastic friends. I find that as the years go by, I’m less and less interested in dating, finding

Dear E. Jean: I love my husband, but he’s so focused on making money and is so depressed, anti­social, and controlling. We haven’t had sex in five years. I am happy-go-lucky and artistic, enjoy people, and have embarked on a self-improvement plan. I’ve hired a personal trainer and started working out. The trainer is much

Dear E. Jean: I’ve been dating a great-looking, thoughtful guy for four months. He tells me he loves me, and I believe him. I recently posted a picture on Instagram of the two of us, and his ex left this comment: “I had sex with him 2 days ago.” When I confronted him, he said

Dear E. Jean: My new husband’s mother is very rich and very bored. She lives in the country. We live in the city. She has offered to buy us a house, but only if it’s in a spot she approves (i.e., rich, white, Republican). So we’ve gone house hunting and found an awesome Dutch colonial.

Dear E. Jean: I’m 23, recently bought my first house, and my mother moved in. I pay all the bills. In return, she orders me around like I’m a child and insists I come home every night before one! Do I have to listen to this?—Mom’s Little Cash Machine Cash, my dear: No young lady

Welcome to “The Perfect,” ELLE.com’s weekly roundup where we lay out exactly what you’ll need for the perfect outfit, shopping list, Saturday night, or whatever it may be. In a shopping landscape where the options are endless, consider it a complete snapshot of must-haves. There’s a definite spectrum in terms of life changes. The majors—moving,

Hello, Miss E. Jean: My boyfriend had been asking me if I owned any racy underthings, so the other evening I surprised him and appeared in a sexy corset, stockings, etc. But the night did not go as planned. He was definitely surprised, and he seemed to like it; however, he soon began saying he

THE EDITOR Senior beauty editor Kristina Rodulfo THE LOVE The Happiness 100-Day Planner, $30 BUY NOW Nothing beats the satisfaction of putting pen to paper. While all the writing I do as an editor happens on a computer, I’m still a huge fan of old-school to-do lists and prefer brainstorming ideas on paper. The many

Dear E. Jean: Do you have a guide to having fun? I’m 26. I think I’m missing out. I speak five languages, keep fit, eat healthy, volunteer, and work. I work a lot. And I feel miserable because I don’t know how to have fun. If someone invites me for drinks, I don’t see the

Dear E. Jean: I’ve been plagued by painful intercourse my whole life. I’ve tried physical therapy, hormones, creams, you name it. This pain has been instrumental in the breakup of my last two relationships. To top it off, I’m in early menopause at the age of 37, so there is literally nothing happening down there

Dear E. Jean: I’m 5’9″ and a size 6; I look great in clothes, lift heavy in the gym, jump rope between sets, have at least one orgasm a day, play the Brazilian drums, and started a fun new business in the Hamptons two years ago. I also ended a long relationship last year. So

Welcome to “The Perfect,” ELLE.com’s weekly roundup where we lay out exactly what you’ll need for the perfect outfit, shopping list, Saturday night, or whatever it may be. Often referred to as the season of rebirth and freshness, spring is the just-right time to clean up your home space. Out with the old, in with

Dear E. Jean: I’m a first-year associate at a big New York law firm and work 60 to 70 hours a week. This means my social life is squeezed into basically two nights, so when I’m out at a club with a guy I have a crush on and I start getting texts from guys

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Dear E. Jean: I’m a guy in love with three women. First, there’s my second ex-wife. We had the greatest sex and tons of fun, but we also fought over everything and nothing. She’s living with a guy, but she recently confessed that she’s not happy, that I still do it for her, and that

Dear E. Jean: I’m a magnet for men and women. And I don’t quite know what to do about it. I look androgynous (think a Lenny Kravitz/Alicia Keys cross), and I’m friendly, generous, flirty, and confident. I like to cook, and I also have a trust fund and a decent career as a trader. Is

Dear E. Jean: I had an on-and-off boyfriend of two years whom I loved, but I ultimately realized the relationship was not working. I ended it several months ago and moved on. He now lives in Rome but came to New York this week for work. He suggested we catch up over dinner, which I

Dear E. Jean: I recently fell madly in love with a pair of diamond studs (very good quality and half a carat each) at my local jeweler. They were originally $1,250, but the store had marked them down to $925 in a liquidation sale. I had to return to the store to pick up my

Dear E. Jean: The Scenario: The love of my life breaks up with me. A year later, I find lovely, adoring, devoted New Boyfriend. Old Boyfriend freaks out, apologizes, and proposes marriage. I decide to stay with New Boyfriend. The Problem: Two years later I think about Old Boyfriend 15 times a day. He still

Dear E. Jean: I’m having an affair with my doctor. He presented himself as a single guy who “did not want to commit.” Later, I discovered he was married, but I continued to see him. A year passed, and I realized he’d started another relationship besides those with his wife and me. Then, last month,

Dear E. Jean: I’ve met the man of my dreams. He’s incredibly gorgeous, and we have amazing, mind-blowing sex nightly—and usually daily as well. He’s kind, morally upstanding, open-minded, and accepting, without a cynical or jaded bone in his body. He’s a hard worker, generous (he paid my rent when I was in a car

Dear E. Jean: What should I have in my bag when I’m going out and thinking I may spend the night with a guy? —Don’t Live on Whore Island Miss Island: I always carry fuzzy slippers, binoculars, a copy of The Brothers Karamazov, a box of Triscuits, and a slingshot. However, for you I recommend

Dear E. Jean: I am 25, am just beginning my exciting adult life, work in a major department store, and want to start my own business. I’m passionate about my Mr. Smithers T-shirt line. Mr. Smithers is my two-year-old French bulldog. My concept is to make comfortable T-shirts like James Perse, but for dogs. I

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