DEAR ABBY: I am 17 and baby-sit regularly for a family on my street. The kids are well-behaved and enjoy it when I go there to watch them. My problem is their mother never gives me notice when she needs me. She’ll ask if I can baby-sit that day, or even worse, that moment. Sometimes […]

DEAR ABBY: I am a 29-year-old registered nurse who has never been married. Recently I bought a home, and soon after, an old boyfriend, “Gary,” started coming around. I was happy about it at first, but he’s been staying here at my place for two months now and hasn’t paid any rent. Gary buys his […]

DEAR ABBY: I am a 29-year-old registered nurse who has never been married. Recently I bought a home, and soon after, an old boyfriend, “Gary,” started coming around. I was happy about it at first, but he’s been staying here at my place for two months now and hasn’t paid any rent. Gary buys his […]

DEAR ABBY: You asked female readers if we have anything to add to your advice to “Hot Flash Hilda” (Dec. 16), whose husband says she’s “mean” and “freaky” because she doesn’t want to snuggle when she’s having a hot flash. I have had 18 years of menopause. I told my older son once that menopause […]

DEAR ABBY: You asked female readers if we have anything to add to your advice to “Hot Flash Hilda” (Dec. 16), whose husband says she’s “mean” and “freaky” because she doesn’t want to snuggle when she’s having a hot flash. I have had 18 years of menopause. I told my older son once that menopause […]

DEAR ABBY: I walked into my dorm room and heard my roommate having sex in the bathroom. I promptly called my girlfriend to ask if she wanted to meet me. No sooner had I entered her number than I heard my girlfriend’s ring tone coming from our bathroom. It was her. I clicked off, left […]

DEAR ABBY: I walked into my dorm room and heard my roommate having sex in the bathroom. I promptly called my girlfriend to ask if she wanted to meet me. No sooner had I entered her number than I heard my girlfriend’s ring tone coming from our bathroom. It was her. I clicked off, left […]

DEAR ABBY: I am appalled and saddened when I go out to a restaurant and see the number of adults who force their children to eat. There are so many overweight people in the United States, why try to make a child finish a meal? They will eat when they are hungry; just don’t give […]

DEAR ABBY: I am appalled and saddened when I go out to a restaurant and see the number of adults who force their children to eat. There are so many overweight people in the United States, why try to make a child finish a meal? They will eat when they are hungry; just don’t give […]

DEAR ABBY: My daughter and I haven’t spoken in more than two years because of something I said regarding her grandson, “Joey,” who is my great-grandson. The last time I saw this boy, who lives in another state, he was 7 or 8. My daughter’s husband was expressing how proud he was of Joey, who […]