When the woman earns more, how do you keep the respect and emotional balance in the relationship?

How can I set a clear limit on how often or when I listen to her vent, while preserving our relationship and encouraging her to develop other ways of handling her emotions?

My sister frequently contacts me to process conflicts in her marriage, and I no longer have enough energy to provide emotional support at the current frequency. I still want to be supportive when I genuinely have the capacity, rather than cutting her off completely.

On a first date like this, should I have paid for the whole meal, or would it have been more appropriate for us to split the bill?

I met a woman for the first time after chatting with her online for a long time. We had lunch, and she left without offering to split the bill, so I paid for everything.

We opened our marriage and now another woman is pregnant—can we survive this?

I have been married to my husband for twelve years, and we have had a good relationship. Two years ago, we mutually opened our marriage under detailed rules limiting outside relationships to sex, but six months ago a regular outside partner accidentally became pregnant and has decided to raise the child independently; the child will be my husband’s biological child.

How can I tell whether leaving is the right choice when I still care about her but feel that my efforts have not made the relationship feel close or mutual?

I have been trying hard to make my girlfriend happy for about a year, including spending money on gifts and activities, but I still feel lonely, shut out of parts of her life, and unsure that she really knows or wants to know me. I am now wondering whether I should leave.