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What If Mr. Right Doesn't Exist?

One woman wonders if her sister's prince will ever come. Is Mr. Right out there?

You’re almost 35 now and want nothing more than a flesh-and-blood child of your own with a man you love—more than you wanted that master’s degree, that great job you have, that beautiful house you bought with your own money or that strong, athletic body you worked so hard to get back after he broke your heart the last time and ran off with someone else.

Poll: Dating Your Best Friend's Sibling: A Do Or A Don't?

Poll: Dating Your Best Friend's Sibling: A Do Or A Don't?

So that's why you spend so much time at Susan's.

A do. What could be better? You already know his sister loves you. 26% A definite don't. You feel like her family is your own. It'd be too weird. 26% It depends on how your friend felt about the situation. 48%

Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters

Does birth order affect whom you date?

Frank is away this weekend in Ohio, attending his brother and sister-in-law's baby shower. This has cracked people up when I've told them—it's kind of hilarious to imagine grumpy old Frank drinking mimosas and making diapers out of tissue paper or whatever people do at baby showers—but I don't think it was that kind of scene. More of a family reunion. This is, after all, his parents' first grandchild. When I first found out that his younger brother (younger than me, even!) was a) getting married and then b) becoming a father, of course I freaked out. Regular readers of this column will know that it is my wont to freak out about nearly everything. Look, there's two types of people that write about their lives on the internet: neurotic freaker-outers and people with exciting lives. Try reading the dating column if you prefer the latter.