Dear Hoopers

“I Love You” Too Soon

I just started dating this guy I've known for a while. He's really sweet, but he's already saying that he loves me and it's really freaking...

Leave Out the Only Child Mentality

My boyfriend can often times be irresponsible but he has helped me to slow down and smell the roses. How can I get him to be...

Partner’s Sexual Guilt

I finally found the man that I want to marry. He's kind, considerate and we work very well together. However last week I found out he...

Drunk Driving Roommate

My roommate won't stop drinking and driving. I think she's going to hurt herself or someone else and I don't know what to do.

Conflicted about Tying the Knot

My boyfriend of 6 years is ready to get married and have kids. I'm not sure?

Cheated and Chased

My boyfriend of 6 months drunkenly initiated a kiss with a random girl at a party. His friend walked in and interrupted them. I broke up...

Saying Goodbye to Someone I Love

I still love my boyfriend but after he threw his son's toy at my head, I knew that it was time to say goodbye

Suspicious Spouse

I think my wife may be using drugs behind my back. I have found suspicious traces here and there but nothing definitive. I don't want to...

Torn Between Two Dreams

I want to pursue my dream of graduate school but my dream of a boyfriend doesn't want to follow me when I move for school. Do...

Stalked by My Partner’s Ex-Girlfriend

Ever since first dating, our relationship has been followed by a nasty shadow in the shape of my partner's ex-girlfriend. For months we endured 2am phone...

S-Town: A Podcast for our Mental Health

S-Town allows us to enter one man’s life in a way that might save our own. John McLemore was a gift to his world and to...

Depressed Messages from a Struggling Soldier

My veteran brother-in-law is struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. What do I say when he reaches out to me?

Intimate Insecurity

Dear Hoopers support a young woman facing the pains of her early life trauma

Depression Cutting In

I used to cut myself in the past to control my depression and I'm having the urge to start cutting again. How can I feel better...

Hopeless to Gaming

What do you do when your boyfriend loves gaming more than you?

Smoking Fetish

My husband has an obsession/fetish when a woman smokes cigarettes. He fantasizes about me smoking ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.

Desperately Trying to Help

He said he needs time to heal his broken heart. I care for him greatly and don’t want him suffering from what this girl did to...

Stumbling Over Words of Condolence

I stumbled over expressing my condolences and feel like I made things worse. Should I reach back out to try again?

Hints of Infidelity

Dear Hoopers encourage a daughter who is concerned about her father's recent phone call

My Beautiful Boyfriend and My Racist Mother

I can finally say I've found my prince charming. The only problem is that he's black and my mom is pretty racist.

Drunk Driving Roommate

My roommate won't stop drinking and driving. I think she's going to hurt herself or someone else and I don't know what to do.

Partner’s Sexual Guilt

I finally found the man that I want to marry. He's kind, considerate and we work very well together. However last week I found out he...

Long Distance Fear

Faith, Family, and Future Confusion

We Lost our Zing

Partner’s Sexual Guilt

Dad is a Third Wheel

I Was the Other Woman and I Didn’t Know It

In-Laws, Am I Right?

Miscarriage Heartbroken

My Girlfriend Broke Up With Me But We Still Live Together

Fighting for Family

Depressed Relationship