Babak Lakghomi

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Recent work

• Babak Lakghomi: A Good Life: The love of my life wants to walk away. Should I just let her go or fight for our relationship?Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 20, 2025
• Babak Lakghomi: I’m Canadian, but I’ve built a good life for myself in America. Then along came Donald Trump. Should I now leave?Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 1, 2025
• Babak Lakghomi: A Good Life: My aunt once served me a pork chop with a spider on it. How do I tell her I can’t eat at her place?Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 20, 2025
• A Good Life: I feel a sense of foreboding that won’t go away. What can I do?Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 6, 2025
• Babak Lakghomi: A Good Life: My friend wants us to go to a pricey spa. I’m too embarrassed to tell her I can’t afford it. What should I do?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 20, 2025
• Babak Lakghomi: A Good Life: My friend was acting like the books I loaned him were his. When I took them off his shelf he got mad. Am I a bad friend for taking what was mine?Opinion · Toronto Star · Feb 7, 2025
• Babak Lakghomi: A Good Life: A woman I see regularly asked me for money and I refused. Then she pushed. Now I feel guilty. What should I have done?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 23, 2025
• Babak Lakghomi: A job-hunting friend wants to use me as a reference. I want to help him but there’s a reason I can’t give him a glowing review. What do I do?Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 3, 2025
• Babak Lakghomi: Two people did something ridiculous that held up the airport security line. How was I supposed to react?Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 5, 2024
• Babak Lakghomi: My medication makes me happy. Has it also stolen my deepest human desires?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 22, 2024
• Babak Lakghomi: I keep buying furniture I know my wife doesn’t want. I’ve even started lying about it. Why do I do it?Opinion · Toronto Star · Nov 8, 2024
• Babak Lakghomi: A Good Life: I am being broken by the never-ending darkness of the world. Am I allowed to look away?Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 24, 2024
• Babak Lakghomi: A Good Life: My coworker eats the saddest sandwiches. Am I just entitled if I think I deserve more?Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 10, 2024
• Babak Lakghomi: I’m a happily married father with a great career. But this one obsession keeps threatening to take over my lifeOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 26, 2024