DEAR ABBY: I’ve been dating the same woman for more than two years. She is a beautiful lady who has quite a few male “fans” on Facebook, mostly from before…
DEAR ABBY: I was sexually assaulted by my cousin’s boyfriend a short while ago, and it was hard for me to process. When I told my cousin about it, she…
DEAR ABBY: Several years ago, while living with my sister, I bought a $900 rowing machine I could barely afford. I loved it and used it often. Two years ago,…
DEAR ABBY: Seventeen years ago, when my sister “Elise” and I were 19 and 25, our mother kicked us both out. I have long since forgiven her, and I have…
DEAR ABBY: I had a horrible childhood with a mean mother who berated and took her issues out on me. I also had an older brother who enjoyed making fun…
DEAR ABBY: My grandma, who is in her 80s, had a stroke recently. She has trouble swallowing and speaking, so she’s in a rehab facility 20 miles from her home,…
DEAR ABBY: My brother “Patrick” and I have known “Bobby” for about 20 years. Patrick is closer friends with him because they live in the same town. Recently, we found…
We are both retired and living on one income, although I am married and live on my husband’s pension. She’s retired from a job in the medical field, owns her…
Since he and his four siblings met their half-sister, she has become obsessive about him. She calls and keeps him on the phone for hours, three or four times a…
However, I now know he created another email address and joined an escort review site. I can’t say anything to him because I snooped on his phone. I’m heartbroken and…
There’s a lot of tension between us because my stepson’s father isn’t the greatest parent. He never comes to school events or sporting events, so he misses half of everything.…
I’d like to believe that sex is something people who are already emotionally intimate can share. But by the third date, sex is not only expected but considered “normal.” When…
His wife abandoned him and their two children for more than a year, and he didn’t know anything about raising kids, so I stepped in to help. It was great.…
An elderly neighbor has a habit of walking his German shepherd by my unit. My dog does not like the man and barks ferociously every time he hears them. What…
I’m bipolar, and I have social anxiety, so when I say yes to something, it is huge for me. When they don’t respond, I feel as though I am annoying…
I always wanted a boatload of children, but my husband and I agreed on two before we got married. Now he wants to call it quits. He doesn’t want to…
We are both in the military, and we have maintained this relationship well. But there was a time before we dated that I was dating someone else. I ended that…
I had been home for eight days and saw her on a Friday. The next Wednesday I felt sick, so I got tested. When my test the next Monday came…
My friend struggled her whole life but got a college degree, bought a house five years ago and owns two cars all on her own. She has recently started having…
On multiple dating apps, I have swiped right on dozens of women my age. My main criteria were that they weren’t fanatically religious or rabidly political. Would you like to…
I took her for granted and didn’t show her the affection she deserved, but I have been going to therapy to work through issues that I had suppressed for decades…
Unfortunately, when the time came to move our relationship to an intimate level, I found my attraction to him was one-sided. When I asked him why, he said he did…
He has an adult child from his first marriage and would like to include her in the will. I’m fine with what he wants. This conversation has been going on…
I recently went on vacation. I knew my room was a little messier than I’d like, but I also knew I’d return from vacation ready to tackle the pile of…
Three months ago, he asked to do some role playing, where we hid my leg under a towel to give the appearance of having a below-the-knee amputation, which he says…
My car was parked legally on the street, and there was a huge dent in it. I called the police and, based on the location of the dent and the…
I receive Social Security survivor benefits now, and I want to move on and get my own place. He says he’s fine with it, but I feel terribly guilty. He…
My husband and Amelia are very close, but she and her mom recently had a falling-out. Amelia pledged me to secrecy, and I immediately scheduled her to see an OB/GYN…
For the record, I and many others always found Vera to be extremely self-absorbed and lacking in empathy. She often treated my father unkindly, bordering on abusive before and during…
For more than 20 years, my husband and I hosted a dinner every Sunday after church. I set the table for 10, but we often had more. When guests offered…
