DEAR ABBY: My wife, “Barb,” and I have been married for 21 years, and like any married couple, we’ve had our ups and downs. We recently visited my mom, a widow in her 80s. Barb caught a cold while we were there and needed to stay in bed while Mom and I visited family. I […]
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Tall teen is reluctant to stand over classmates
DEAR ABBY: My 13-year-old granddaughter is 5 feet 9 inches tall. She walks hunched over, and when she stands with a group, she keeps her legs 2 feet apart. She’s on a softball team and is always sitting on the ground in the dugout. She is the tallest one in the seventh grade in her […]
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Boyfriend’s sister complicates woman’s plans for the future
DEAR ABBY: I am 19 and recently decided to move to Denver to live with my high school sweetheart, “Logan.” His sister “Emily” had been living with him for about a month before I moved in, and I expressed concerns about that. Logan assured me she’d be moving out soon and he didn’t want to […]
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Old world tradition clashes with new world diet change
DEAR ABBY: I have been dating my boyfriend, Mike, for about two years, and things are going great. During this time, I have become very close with his family. Both of his parents came to the United States from Europe, and with their culture comes his mother’s traditional cooking and the need to make sure […]
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Dad’s choice of movies is inappropriate for young kids
DEAR ABBY: Recently, my father has begun to watch films with graphic sexual scenes when he gets home from work. When I ask him to please watch them on his own time, when my three younger siblings aren’t in the house, he tells me that because he pays the bills he has the right to […]
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Mother-in-law’s prayer is just one of many ‘keepers’
DEAR ABBY: I recently lost my address book in which I kept a copy of your “Keepers” booklet that I had sent away for a few years ago. I love the memorable poems and essays in it. I’d like to replace the booklet if it is available. I read through it so many times and […]
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Happy single man feels pressure from his friends
DEAR ABBY: I have never had a long-term relationship. My friends and family kept calling me out for it. I tried online dating and setups by friends and family, but nothing worked out. In fact, the constant questions only annoyed me more. With all my friends happily married and settled, I started resenting their intrusion […]
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Kidney disease often goes undetected until it’s too late
DEAR ABBY: Hypertension runs in my family, but as a pretty healthy 49-year-old, I didn’t think much about it. I never realized that my pounding headaches were a direct result of high blood pressure. To make matters worse, the same high blood pressure that was causing my head to throb was also destroying my kidneys. […]
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She’s at a loss to respond to shocking news
DEAR ABBY: I recently learned that the husband of a friend of mine has cancer. She shared the information with me during our last meeting. I was shocked and hardly knew how to respond. She is not a close friend, but we are fond of each other and enjoy getting together for a drink every […]
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School year drags on for girl separated from boy she likes
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 12-year-old girl and I like a boy named “Chris.” We go to different schools now, and I don’t know how to get in touch with him to tell him how I feel. At times for the past two years we have been flirting on and off. We will be reunited again […]