We're both 33, dating for two-and-a-half years; I'm divorced with three young children. He’s been a supportive, dependable partner and a fantastic role model for my children, they get along great.      
      However, he still lives at home in the city (I’m a 20-minute drive outside the city). His mother does everything – his cooking, cleaning and laundry. He even goes home every day from work to have lunch that she has waiting for him.      
      I’m his first relationship, he was a virgin when we met. I feel its time we made a commitment, like moving in together.        
      His excuses: He doesn't want to move out of the city, so expects me to uproot my children and move to him, which I’ve decided against.      
      Or its financial concerns that aren’t valid as the kids’ father supports them and I have my own income, too. I love this man but need more.
      - Its Time

You’ve come to your decision and just want validation for it. It IS time to try something different - either IN the relationship or OUT of it.    
      Look at his perspective: Financially or not, three young children are a major commitment of time and responsibility for him to take on; meanwhile he’s still living as a dependent himself.      
      The leap in lifestyle change would be huge, and he has to want it and be ready for it, or a move together will be disastrous (and short-lived).    
      Your view is even more significant: Despite their good relationship with him – as it exists – you can’t risk having your kids tossed around emotionally, having someone get closer then leave.      
      You want more, he doesn’t. So look after you - end it.      
      If he finds enough solace in Mama’s hot lunches, you’ll have done yourself and your children a favour. If he misses you all terribly, then he’ll be ready to ramp up the relationship.

I find that getting adequate counselling isn’t easy these days. I’m 64, recently retired, I have suffered for many years from anxiety and mild depression. Flashbacks from a stranger-attack in my mid-20s are also a problem. I’ve had some group counselling in the past. I know what I should be doing, but sometimes lack the will.      
      Lately, I’ve become more pro-active: diet, walking, seeing friends, courses, etc. However, I was set back by a same-day cancellation of my first appointment with a psychiatrist, who felt that my family doctor's referral didn’t fit her particular practice.            
      Should I see a psychologist instead? I don't want to take medication again. Cognitive behaviour therapy sounds good, but how do I make the best choice, including gender? Do therapists ever get cynical dealing with commonplace conditions like mine?
      - Feeling Rejected

A professional therapist’s belief that your needs are different from his/her style of practice is NOT rejection; rather the doctor did you a favour by not wasting your time.      
      Staying pro-active is essential to your feeling better; you’re at a healthy turning point in looking after yourself, so now, finding “the right fit” in a therapist is the next most important step.        
      Cognitive behaviour therapy may be the right approach but you need to ask questions of your family doctor or the therapist, personally: Does he/she recommend that approach for anxiety/depression involving post-traumatic stress?      
      If you’re uncomfortable being open with one sex or another, that’ll affect your choice. Remember, after two or three sessions getting to know a professional, you have the right to change IF you believe it’s not someone who “gets” you. But don’t just give up.

My roommate is a hardcore vegan and a huge animal activist. I respect her admirable passions, but I eat meat and have no intentions of stopping. Every time I cook meat she rants about animal genocide and toxins in my body.      
      For her, these are moral and ethical atrocities. I still don't feel like a monster, and don’t want to feel guilty.            
      There’s six months on the lease. How do I get her to lay off?
      - Burger Lover

Agree to disagree or agree to figure out how to go separate ways.     Consider, 1) A negotiated schedule of eating apart; 2)  Having more of your meat meals out of the house; 3) Making food choices a forbidden topic.      
      If nothing works, she should NOT be sharing accommodation with non-vegans, especially meat-eaters since she’s politically opposed to every aspect of those choices.      
      One of you needs to sublet and leave.