Love Letters
@lovelettersglobe.bsky.social
An advice column | boston.com/love-letters
A podcast | bostonglobe.com
Season 10: Can people really change? — out now wherever you get your podcasts. Listen: https://link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm.
Hosted by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
A podcast | bostonglobe.com
Season 10: Can people really change? — out now wherever you get your podcasts. Listen: https://link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm.
Hosted by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
Pinned
Sometimes, when we’re making big life changes, we turn to family – or chosen family – before we’re ready to re-launch.
In this special episode of Love Letters, enjoy a story about sister cohabitation between @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social and her sister Brette. ♥️ ☕️
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
In this special episode of Love Letters, enjoy a story about sister cohabitation between @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social and her sister Brette. ♥️ ☕️
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
Today's Letter Writer: "I have been with my husband for 30-plus years. I need a spark – a little pizzaz to get our relationship back to the kissing, squeezing, can’t-wait-to-be together stage."
Columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social says romance novels can help! 📚
Columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social says romance novels can help! 📚
I want more kissing and squeezing in this marriage
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July 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today's Letter Writer: "I have been with my husband for 30-plus years. I need a spark – a little pizzaz to get our relationship back to the kissing, squeezing, can’t-wait-to-be together stage."
Columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social says romance novels can help! 📚
Columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social says romance novels can help! 📚
Is it safe to meet people on an app? How do you avoid getting scammed?
Help a letter writer meet someone online.
Help a letter writer meet someone online.
Finding love after getting scammed
Is it safe to meet people on an app? How do you avoid getting scammed? Help a letter writer meet someone online.
trib.al
July 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Is it safe to meet people on an app? How do you avoid getting scammed?
Help a letter writer meet someone online.
Help a letter writer meet someone online.
Is your in-law a bully? If so, is it your place to confront them? In today's column: should I tell my SIL she's being mean to my brother?
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
A question about brothers ... and a sister-in-law
Is your in-law a bully? If so, is it your place to confront them? In today's column: should I tell my SIL she's being mean to my brother?
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July 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Is your in-law a bully? If so, is it your place to confront them? In today's column: should I tell my SIL she's being mean to my brother?
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
Is kissing in the rain actually sexy? 🌧️
After what has felt like the 900th day of rain in Boston this summer, @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social spoke with @dansavage.bsky.social, a sex and relationship columnist from Seattle.
After what has felt like the 900th day of rain in Boston this summer, @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social spoke with @dansavage.bsky.social, a sex and relationship columnist from Seattle.
Is kissing in the rain actually sexy?
After the 900th Saturday of rain in Boston, I spoke with Dan Savage, a sex and relationship columnist from Seattle.
trib.al
July 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Is kissing in the rain actually sexy? 🌧️
After what has felt like the 900th day of rain in Boston this summer, @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social spoke with @dansavage.bsky.social, a sex and relationship columnist from Seattle.
After what has felt like the 900th day of rain in Boston this summer, @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social spoke with @dansavage.bsky.social, a sex and relationship columnist from Seattle.
He's an international student in Boston. He'd like to date. But it is not easy. Why do people keep rejecting him?
Dating as an international student in Boston
He's an international student in Boston. He'd like to date. But it is not easy. Why do people keep rejecting him?
trib.al
July 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
He's an international student in Boston. He'd like to date. But it is not easy. Why do people keep rejecting him?
Is there such a thing as being too there for a friend?
Today's letter writer is wondering if they can directly solve their friend's marital problem. Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice. trib.al/2FokGZJ
Today's letter writer is wondering if they can directly solve their friend's marital problem. Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice. trib.al/2FokGZJ
Can I help my friend with her marital problem?
trib.al
July 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Is there such a thing as being too there for a friend?
Today's letter writer is wondering if they can directly solve their friend's marital problem. Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice. trib.al/2FokGZJ
Today's letter writer is wondering if they can directly solve their friend's marital problem. Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice. trib.al/2FokGZJ
Our advice? 🚗 Make traffic less miserable by binging Season 10 of the Love Letters podcast, hosted by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
Go from our premiere, which is all about dating as a clown, to our finale, which is all about becoming a butterfly. 🦋
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Go from our premiere, which is all about dating as a clown, to our finale, which is all about becoming a butterfly. 🦋
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Love Letters
Love stories. Dating stories. Relationship stories. Stories about romance, marriage, partnership, sex, loss, and the human heart. Served with a side of advice. Hosted by Boston Globe advice columnist ...
link.chtbl.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Our advice? 🚗 Make traffic less miserable by binging Season 10 of the Love Letters podcast, hosted by @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
Go from our premiere, which is all about dating as a clown, to our finale, which is all about becoming a butterfly. 🦋
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
Go from our premiere, which is all about dating as a clown, to our finale, which is all about becoming a butterfly. 🦋
Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧
When someone says they're not ready to get married, are they really saying, "I'm not ready to get married to YOU?"
🤔 Think it over with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
🤔 Think it over with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
Not ready to get married? I don't buy it.
When someone says they're not ready to get married, are they really saying, "I'm not ready to get married to YOU?"
trib.al
June 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
When someone says they're not ready to get married, are they really saying, "I'm not ready to get married to YOU?"
🤔 Think it over with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
🤔 Think it over with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social.
She's always been attracted to women – but now a man she loves is finally single. Should she date him or find the women she's always wanted?
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
Is it time to date women?
She's always been attracted to women – but now a man she loves is finally single. Should she date him or find the women she's always wanted?
trib.al
June 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
She's always been attracted to women – but now a man she loves is finally single. Should she date him or find the women she's always wanted?
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice.
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A recent @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social podcast makes a provocative point: Divorces are not "failed marriages." Meredith Goldstein explains why in today's Starting Point.
Divorces are not ‘failed marriages.’ My sister’s is a case in point. - The Boston Globe
All marriages change, even when people remain together, says Love Letters’ Meredith Goldstein. It’s not a failure, but rather, an experience.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A recent @lovelettersglobe.bsky.social podcast makes a provocative point: Divorces are not "failed marriages." Meredith Goldstein explains why in today's Starting Point.
Sometimes, when we’re making big life changes, we turn to family – or chosen family – before we’re ready to re-launch.
In this special episode of Love Letters, enjoy a story about sister cohabitation between @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social and her sister Brette. ♥️ ☕️
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
In this special episode of Love Letters, enjoy a story about sister cohabitation between @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social and her sister Brette. ♥️ ☕️
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
June 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Sometimes, when we’re making big life changes, we turn to family – or chosen family – before we’re ready to re-launch.
In this special episode of Love Letters, enjoy a story about sister cohabitation between @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social and her sister Brette. ♥️ ☕️
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
In this special episode of Love Letters, enjoy a story about sister cohabitation between @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social and her sister Brette. ♥️ ☕️
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
"I love my boyfriend but he annoys me more than anyone in the world."
Read what @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say to this letter writer who says her boyfriend is *so* annoying.
Read what @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say to this letter writer who says her boyfriend is *so* annoying.
My boyfriend is so annoying
How often are you annoyed with your significant other? How often do you fight like siblings? A letter writer wants to know.
trib.al
June 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"I love my boyfriend but he annoys me more than anyone in the world."
Read what @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say to this letter writer who says her boyfriend is *so* annoying.
Read what @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say to this letter writer who says her boyfriend is *so* annoying.
A letter writer is upset because her ex stayed close with her friends after the breakup. Who has dibs? Can they share the group?
Read the full Love Letter.
Read the full Love Letter.
Somehow, my ex got to keep my friends
A letter writer is upset because her ex stayed close with her friends after the breakup. Who has dibs? Can they share the group?
trib.al
June 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A letter writer is upset because her ex stayed close with her friends after the breakup. Who has dibs? Can they share the group?
Read the full Love Letter.
Read the full Love Letter.
A 50-something asks: where can I meet someone?
The apps don't seem to be the place, if everyone is looking at hundreds of people.
The apps don't seem to be the place, if everyone is looking at hundreds of people.
App dating is not for me
A 50-something asks: where can I meet someone? The apps don't seem to be the place, if everyone is looking at hundreds of people.
trib.al
June 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A 50-something asks: where can I meet someone?
The apps don't seem to be the place, if everyone is looking at hundreds of people.
The apps don't seem to be the place, if everyone is looking at hundreds of people.
Dear @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social: My husband, who works remotely, is annoyed when I get home.
"When I get home, he is usually in a bad mood but the only reasoning I can get is that: 'work was stressful, 'I am tired' or 'it was a long day.'"
—
💌 What can help?
"When I get home, he is usually in a bad mood but the only reasoning I can get is that: 'work was stressful, 'I am tired' or 'it was a long day.'"
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💌 What can help?
My husband, who works remotely, is annoyed when I get home
His husband is always annoyed. Does this relationship problem have anything to do with remote work? Does your spouse work from home?
trib.al
June 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Dear @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social: My husband, who works remotely, is annoyed when I get home.
"When I get home, he is usually in a bad mood but the only reasoning I can get is that: 'work was stressful, 'I am tired' or 'it was a long day.'"
—
💌 What can help?
"When I get home, he is usually in a bad mood but the only reasoning I can get is that: 'work was stressful, 'I am tired' or 'it was a long day.'"
—
💌 What can help?
Want to help a soon-to-be newlywed? This letter writer asks: What changes after you get married? How does one be a good husband?
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice for this future husband.
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice for this future husband.
How will things change after we get married?
Want to help a soon-to-be newlywed? This letter writer asks: What changes after you get married? How does one be a good husband?
trib.al
June 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Want to help a soon-to-be newlywed? This letter writer asks: What changes after you get married? How does one be a good husband?
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice for this future husband.
Read @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social's advice for this future husband.
Dear @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social: "I don't have many friends, so this one is important."
Today's Love Letter explores how to be comfortable with your friends having ... other friends. trib.al/z1oVTRd
Today's Love Letter explores how to be comfortable with your friends having ... other friends. trib.al/z1oVTRd
I don't have many friends, so this one is important
If your friend group is small and important to you, how do you get comfortable with your friends having ... other friends?
trib.al
June 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Dear @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social: "I don't have many friends, so this one is important."
Today's Love Letter explores how to be comfortable with your friends having ... other friends. trib.al/z1oVTRd
Today's Love Letter explores how to be comfortable with your friends having ... other friends. trib.al/z1oVTRd
How do you change a relationship with a sibling? This letter writer wants to be less competitive with her sister.
I'm competitive with my sister
How do you change a relationship with a sibling? This letter writer wants to be less competitive with her sister.
trib.al
May 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
How do you change a relationship with a sibling? This letter writer wants to be less competitive with her sister.
It's not easy to be 35, dating, and hoping to have kids. It's another thing to add religion to the mix. How does one find like-minded people?
Hear what relationship advice columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say.
Hear what relationship advice columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say.
I'm religious and trying to date. It's not going well.
It's not easy to be 35, dating, and hoping to have kids. It's another thing to add religion to the mix. How does one find like-minded people?
trib.al
May 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's not easy to be 35, dating, and hoping to have kids. It's another thing to add religion to the mix. How does one find like-minded people?
Hear what relationship advice columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say.
Hear what relationship advice columnist @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social has to say.
He doesn't buy flowers, even though she loves flowers. 💐
I think there's a Miley Cyrus song about this.
I think there's a Miley Cyrus song about this.
He doesn't buy flowers
He doesn't buy flowers, even though she loves flowers. How do you teach a partner to be better at giving gifts?
trib.al
May 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
He doesn't buy flowers, even though she loves flowers. 💐
I think there's a Miley Cyrus song about this.
I think there's a Miley Cyrus song about this.
Two 💌 letters. Two pleas for explanation. @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social helps two letter writers with seemingly simple questions.
One of them being: What is "Disney Princess Energy" in dating?
Read the letter: trib.al/IAgm0te
One of them being: What is "Disney Princess Energy" in dating?
Read the letter: trib.al/IAgm0te
a cartoon of cinderella with a blue bird on her head
ALT: a cartoon of cinderella with a blue bird on her head
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May 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Two 💌 letters. Two pleas for explanation. @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social helps two letter writers with seemingly simple questions.
One of them being: What is "Disney Princess Energy" in dating?
Read the letter: trib.al/IAgm0te
One of them being: What is "Disney Princess Energy" in dating?
Read the letter: trib.al/IAgm0te
It's a great friendship, but one of them always drives.
How do you tell a friend that you're sick of being the chauffeur? 🚘
How do you tell a friend that you're sick of being the chauffeur? 🚘
I drive her everywhere
It's a great friendship, but one of them always drives. How do you tell a friend that you're sick of being the chauffeur?
trib.al
May 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's a great friendship, but one of them always drives.
How do you tell a friend that you're sick of being the chauffeur? 🚘
How do you tell a friend that you're sick of being the chauffeur? 🚘
Is it a good idea to start a relationship long-distance? What if you're friends first?
Help a letter writer decide about whether or not to confess their crush.
Help a letter writer decide about whether or not to confess their crush.
Should I confess my crush on a friend?
Is it a good idea to start a relationship long-distance? What if you're friends first? Help a letter writer decide.
trib.al
May 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Is it a good idea to start a relationship long-distance? What if you're friends first?
Help a letter writer decide about whether or not to confess their crush.
Help a letter writer decide about whether or not to confess their crush.
Can a 🍄 trip save a marriage?
Today’s Love Letters episode is the story of a married couple who were having major relationship troubles and found an answer in psilocybin.
Hear their journey with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social, wherever you listen to podcasts.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
Today’s Love Letters episode is the story of a married couple who were having major relationship troubles and found an answer in psilocybin.
Hear their journey with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social, wherever you listen to podcasts.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
May 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Can a 🍄 trip save a marriage?
Today’s Love Letters episode is the story of a married couple who were having major relationship troubles and found an answer in psilocybin.
Hear their journey with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social, wherever you listen to podcasts.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
Today’s Love Letters episode is the story of a married couple who were having major relationship troubles and found an answer in psilocybin.
Hear their journey with @meredithgoldstein.bsky.social, wherever you listen to podcasts.
🎧 link.chtbl.com/zLLpSgsm
This letter writer matched with someone recognizable. "I knew of her because of her occupation and her involvement in a high-profile legal case." Now what?
She's involved in a high-profile legal case
This letter writer matched with someone recognizable. "I knew of her because of her occupation and her involvement in a high-profile legal case." Now what?
trib.al
May 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This letter writer matched with someone recognizable. "I knew of her because of her occupation and her involvement in a high-profile legal case." Now what?