At an early stage in my career it was engraved in me the importance of relationships and the value of your network. Not necessarily the amount of people you have in your network digitally or in the real...

We all have felt that familiar sinking in our stomachs. It seems like nothing will ever be the same, like you can’t go back to how it used to be. You feel yourself sinking into despair and feeling such...

Dear Melanie, Once again, it’s Valentine’s Day and I am still single. I’m sick and tired of being single and seeing everyone happy on Valentine’s Day. How do I deal with Valentine’s Day and...

Dear Melanie, My landlord always comes in and invades my space without giving me proper notice. I feel uncomfortable. What am I supposed to do? He never asks. Sincerely, Worried Wanda Dear...

Dear Melanie, Help. I already feel like I’m not going to do well in any of my classes this semester. I feel like they are extremely hard and that I’m not going to make it. What do I do? I’m...

Dear Melanie, Over the break, my four best friends and I got a tattoo. I was nervous because I never really wanted a tattoo, but they insisted it would be fun and meaningful since we were getting matching...

  1. Treat a waitress/salesperson/employee of any business you find yourselves at with disrespect. If the person you’re dating has the nerve to publicly humiliate or disrespect a perfect stranger...

Dear Melanie, My boyfriend did not get me anything for our one year anniversary. Not only that, but he totally forgot it was our one year,  and I thought maybe he was going to surprise me with something,...

Dear Melanie, Is it weird that I’ve been talking to this guy on Tinder and we have been hanging out and I really like him and he is basically my boyfriend? Would people be weirded out if they knew...

Dear Melanie, I have been gaining so much weight since I came to college. Seriously, I did not think the Freshman 15 was real, but apparently it is, and I’ve gained so much weight. What do I do?...

Dear Melanie, I was at a party a week ago and I was hanging out with this really cool guy and lets just say – one thing led to another. I put my number in his phone and he said he would text me the...

Dear Melanie,     So, I just started dating this girl probably about three weeks ago – if that. We both live on campus and we hang out a lot. She likes to “Netflix and chill” all the time,...

Dear Melanie,      I have a huge problem. I am in love with my best friend’s boyfriend. We hang out all the time and when we are not together, we are texting. She is always way too busy to hang...

Dear Melanie, Parking at this school is a nightmare. I have a class at 9:15 a.m., I set my alarm for 8 a.m. and I leave my house at 9 a.m. I live 15 minutes away and I am always in a rush. My class...