Advice

Dear Twins, I'm a 17-year-old female senior in high school, and I have a miserable home life. I love my mom, but after my dad passed away three years ago, we both were pretty lost because we loved him so much. But my mom met a man 18 months ago and married him a year ago, and he has made MY life horrible since he's moved in. He screams at me for nothing, punishes me for nothing, won't let me go out with my friends, and when I do, he makes my friends come in first and questions all of them about what we are doing and where we are going. And then he'll only allow me out until 10 p.m. on weekends! It's humiliating! When I speak to my mom about it, she just says to be patient, and that's because she's afraid of him. I hate this man!…

Dear Twins, After many years, I have finally found the woman of my dreams, and I want to marry her and spend the rest of my life with her. However... she is profoundly allergic to animals, and I have a 5-year-old German Shepherd that is like a child to me whom I also love with all my heart (animal lovers would understand), My fiancé can't be anywhere near my dog. I don't know what to do. Please don't say get rid of the dog -- there has to be some arrangement whereby I can have both of them. Is that asking too much? -- In Love with Both

Dear Twins, I have a girlfriend that I’m crazy about, and I hope to marry when I get out of college. (I am 19 now and so is she.) My problem is that I think she might be getting a bit controlling, and I want to nip it in the bud before it gets out of control, without hurting her feelings. For instance, she always wants to pick out the type of clothes I should wear, which at first I didn't mind because she had good taste, and I had no taste. But now she talks about when we get married, she'll select the furniture, the house, the car, etc. When I suggest we do it as a couple, she just laughs at me as if I'm a fool. She even wants to pick out the place where we'll go on our honeymoon! I need to have a say in…