DEAR ABBY: About a year ago, I confessed to one of my close guy friends that I liked him. He said he wasn’t looking for a relationship. I haven’t brought it up since. I have now found out his roommate is interested in me. I politely declined his advances, but I can’t help but wonder […]
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Wife is at breaking point with out-of-work attorney
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I moved from another state four years ago. He went a year and a half before getting a job after we moved. Now he’s out of a job again. It has been seven months. He sits on the sofa and lounges around the house. He looks briefly for alerts on […]
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Man keeps romance under wraps due to age gap
DEAR ABBY: I am a 30-year-old divorced male. I suffered from a stroke six months ago and have paralysis on one side of my body. After rehab, I returned home able to walk with a cane. I have started texting a beautiful divorced woman. She lives next door, and we have been friends for more […]
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Ex-boyfriend offers woman money to take him back
DEAR ABBY: I was involved with a man (“Mike”) I cared deeply about. One day he came to me saying he had a “secret” he needed to share. He explained that he was in love with another woman, and they had decided to get back together. I asked him all the normal questions. He explained […]
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Teen’s tall tales of dating a rock star shocks her friends
DEAR ABBY: I am a 15-year-old girl. I have been friends with “Amanda” for two years. She helped me through a really tough time, which is how we became friends. Recently, she has been going around telling people she is dating someone famous from a band and claiming she gets to hang out with them […]
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Once-close sibling drifts away after nephew’s birth
DEAR ABBY: I have always been close to my oldest brother and his wife. I’m 24 years younger than they are. In some ways, I think I was like a child to them because they were never able to have children naturally or through adoption. Ever since I had my first child two years ago, […]
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Dear Abby: Pet turtle may pose threat to baby
Dear Abby advises that pet turtles do not make good pets for young children.
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Disagreement may put end to thirty-year friendship
DEAR ABBY: How do you break up with a friend? “Jenny” and I have known each other since high school, more than 30 years. Over the years we’ve both moved far apart and see each other every couple of years. We were each other’s bridesmaids, supported each other as our parents passed away and celebrated […]
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Boss in love with secretary tries to chart the road ahead
DEAR ABBY: My secretary has worked for me for six years, and I have fallen in love with her. Neither of us is married. There’s a couple of problems, however. The first is, she’s half my age. The second, she’s a great secretary, and I would never want to do anything to upset her. I […]
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Dad turns sons into weapons in his bitter breakup with mom
DEAR ABBY: My daughter has two boys who treat her like crap. They swear, call her a b—-, whore, liar and the f-word. They break things in her house and have no respect for anyone. The problem started after she broke up with their biological father and married her new boyfriend. The father brainwashes the […]