Dr. Ruth Westheimer
By Dr. Ruth Westheimer
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Life Bintel Brief: Dr. Ruth Says ‘Staying Married While Having Extramarital Affairs Is Not a Viable Option’
Dear Dr. Ruth, What would you say to a married woman whose husband has not slept with her in over 15 years? The couple is relatively healthy and in their late 50s. The lack of sex began because of diabetes-related impotence on the part of the husband, but he has learned to overcome this handicap….
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Life Bintel Brief: Dr. Ruth on *Beshert* Troubles
Dear Dr. Ruth, Some years ago, I met the person I believe to be my beshert. This person is long married. I resisted marriage because I did not feel it fair to my now-spouse to marry while I still carried the sense of a beshert elsewhere. Finally, however, realizing that the other would never be…
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Life The Bintel Brief Is Back: Dr. Ruth Dishes on Marriage Pressure and More
EDITOR’S NOTE: This column marks the return of the Forward’s famed Bintel Brief. after an absence of several decades. New installments of the advice column will appear Mondays on the Bintel Blog. We are delighted to kick off the return of this legendary Forward feature with the legendary Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Dear Dr. Ruth, I…
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