Dear Dr. Chani, My wife is a habitual spender. Money never burns a hole in her pocket. She consistently wastes our money on unimportant things. We were in debt early on in our marriage and I never want to go back there again. I explained to my wife that I have worked hard to get …
Dear Dr. Chani, I have been engaged for a few months and the wedding date is set for a few weeks from now. Things have become pretty stressful through the engagement. I am getting increasingly anxious. I am not sure if I should call off the wedding, delay it, or just go through with it. …
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Dear Dr. Chani, Last month I found myself faced with a huge emotional challenge that I still feel bad about. For the first time, my husband and I decided that it was healthy for our family to visit a different town this summer. We selected an “out of town” location that has a significant Jewish …
A few weeks ago, I published a letter expressing Josh’s resentment over the way that his in-laws allocated their money to their children. The emotionally charged issues that Josh described resonated with many people who sent me letters to offer their own perspectives to Josh.