Dear Gwendolyn: I am one year away from receiving my law degree, but my husband won’t help.  I was in my first year of law school when we met.  Six months after we met I got pregnant.  Getting through the second and third year of school was extremely difficult, but I made it. Three months ago at a party, given by my husband’s co-worker, someone asked my husband were we getting a divorce once I am awarded my ...

By Gwendolyn L. Baines NNPA Columnist My Wife Wants a New House for Retirement   Dear Gwendolyn: I am retiring in six months. My wife and I have been married for 42 years. We have had a beautiful marriage except for some ups and downs as in most marriages. This is the problem: My wife wants a new house. Ladies in her social club are buying new houses. I told her those ladies are younger, and some of th ...

Dear Gwendolyn: My son is not speaking to me. He has completely distant himself. I have worked for the last twenty-five years two jobs to provide for him.  His father left me when he was only two years old. This is the problem:  My son dated and lived with a lady for four years, then last year met a girl and married her two weeks later.  She is not a nice person, but if my son is happy, I’m happy.  My son i ...