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December 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM

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I’m five months postpartum with our second child, and I’ve been carrying around about 40 extra pounds since the pregnancy

Dear Uncle Gary,I’m five months postpartum with our second child, and I’ve been carrying around about 40 extra pounds from the pregnancy. Things have been tender and exhausting, and intimacy with my h...

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December 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM

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December 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM

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December 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM

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December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM

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Skepticism isn’t cynicism

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately asking myself how we decide what’s true. Not in the abstract, but in the everyday moments when you open a browser, type in a question, and get an answer in seco...

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December 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM

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Conversation with My Boyfriend

My boyfriend (31M) and I (24F) were talking about age gaps in dating. For context, we met when I was 22, and he was 29, so we have a gap ourselves. Before him, I’d only ever been in a long-term relati...

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December 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM

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The Universe Is Not Locally Real

Every once in a while, science drops a truth bomb so big it rattles the bones of everything we thought we knew. Here's one of them. The universe is not locally real. A Nobel Prize confirmed statemen...

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December 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM

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I need your wisdom before I accidentally end up on an HR poster titled “What Not to Do at Work.”

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December 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM

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Hey Uncle Gary,

I just started dating a man who has only a couple of close friends. My friends say it's a red flag. Should I be concerned that something is weird about him?

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Friends

Hey Uncle Gary, I just started dating a man who has only a couple of close friends. My friends say it's a red flag. Should I be concerned that something is weird about him? Signed, Concerned

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December 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM

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December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM

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December 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM

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𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. #AskUncleGary #AdviceColumn #SoCalMag #Husbuddy
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December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM

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𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. #AskUncleGary #AdviceColumn #SoCalMag
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December 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM

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𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. #AskUncleGary #AdviceColumn #SoCalMag

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December 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM

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𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. #AskUncleGary #AdviceColumn #SoCalMag #Husbuddy #PeterPan

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December 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM

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𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. #AskUncleGary #AdviceColumn #SoCalMag #Husbuddy #ThankYou

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December 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM

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𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. #AskUncleGary #AdviceColumn #SoCalMag #Husbuddy

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December 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM

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𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. #AskUncleGary #AdviceColumn #SoCalMag #Husbuddy

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