@BostonGlobe writer/advice columnist. Cotton candy enthusiast. 📚: THINGS THAT GROW, CAN'T HELP MYSELF, CHEMISTRY LESSONS. @LoveLettersBlog podcast. She/her.
Joined May 2009
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Thank you @tessanetting 💫
19 Apr 2021
Oh I’m just over here, chortling and tearing up while listening to Things That Grow by @MeredithGoldste!
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22 Jan 2025
Today, Boston.com and @BostonGlobe's advice column Love Letters, turns 16 years old. 💌 🎂
@MeredithGoldste: To those who’ve read for years or listened to the podcast – and to new faces – thank you.
Here's the first letter from 2009: trib.al/FWSz5Jw
ALT Love Letters, the daily relationship advice column, turns 16 years old today. The first person to submit a Love Letter was ‘Desperate in Rockland’ who asked for help dating a shy man. “He won’t even show me his feet.”
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22 Jan 2025
Happy 16th anniversary of @LoveLettersBlog @MeredithGoldste ☮️❤️💌 See you tomorrow night. 🎥🍿
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Are you in your clown era? Perhaps you should be. Listen to the Love Letters podcast to find out why.
New season starts today.
@LoveLettersBlog @BostonGlobe
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29 Oct 2024
Today’s Letter Writer has been dating someone for three months, but their boyfriend’s immature friends are disrespectful to them and he doesn't correct them.
@MeredithGoldste says “Even at 18, we do not wait for people to grow out of things.”
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26 Oct 2024
From @GlobeOpinion | How and why the Globe endorses presidential candidates trib.al/OirSVBE
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22 Oct 2024
A Letter Writer asked how other readers may have responded to an ex-partner reaching out years later.
@MeredithGoldste says asking about their current lives can help. “It keeps everything grounded, and no one gets confused by nostalgia.”
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18 Oct 2024
Costume designer Guy Speranza discusses the strategy for dressing the spies of the Apple TV series “Slow Horses” with the Globe’s @MeredithGoldste. trib.al/nxl4HHr
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15 Oct 2024
“As my bestie, her anxieties are my anxieties,” this Letter Writer writes about hooking up with her roommate, a friend of her best friend.
@MeredithGoldste says “Instead of trying to keep this simple, just let it be complicated.”
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2 Oct 2024
Happy birthday to ESPN's Chicago-based correspondent and SportsCenter anchor @MicheleSteele.
Did You Know? ... Michele speaks fluent French and conversational Tagalog, the language of the Philippines.
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2 Oct 2024
I have no clue what I was demonstrating at this moment, but clearly my book talks are very exciting!
Thanks so much to @MeredithGoldste for moderating & @TridentBooks for being such an excellent host.
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26 Sep 2024
Today’s Letter Writer wants to get back together with a past situationship, but she’s lost interest.
@MeredithGoldste says “I don’t want you to get anyone back at all. It would be nice to start fresh.”
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16 Sep 2024
Today is my five-year anniversary at the @BostonGlobe 🌎
Deeply grateful for the opportunity to cover the teams and events that matter most to Boston sports fans. And I am especially indebted to the @BGlobeSports crew for putting up with me. Here’s to the next five years!
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16 Sep 2024
Today’s Letter Writer has been in a relationship for about a year, but their partner told them he’s thought about being with other people.
@MeredithGoldste says “Do his fantasies make his relationship with you less pleasurable?”
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10 Sep 2024
ICYM the lead-up to some genuinely very interesting oral arguments before the MA Supreme Judicial Court last week about engagement ring law, I talked with @MeredithGoldste about the cultural understanding of fault and engagement here:
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9 Sep 2024
Today’s Letter Writer found a past partner online and asks, "Should I connect with my ex on Facebook?"
@MeredithGoldste says “If this decision is fraught, examine why – and then deal with it.”
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5 Sep 2024
Today’s Letter Writer has been dating someone for about a month, but... they can’t stand their dog.
"Sure, you can express irritation sometimes – but also show that you accept the dog as part of the picture," says @MeredithGoldste.
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3 Sep 2024
Today’s Letter Writer isn’t sure if they should be concerned their wife still keeps photos of her ex-boyfriends.
@MeredithGoldste says “if the pictures are just there, in a closet, next to high school yearbooks, it's fine.”
Read the full letter: trib.al/lciQrSU
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