DEAR ABBY: My mother recently confessed to me that in my senior year of high school, she sabotaged my chance to go to my dream school (with a nearly full scholarship) because she didn’t approve of my wanting to go to art school. I missed my orientation because she “got the date wrong” and then […]
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Single man takes a practical approach to business of dating
DEAR ABBY: I am writing you about dating in these modern times. Lately I have become perplexed at the vanity and immoral behavior now associated with the task of dating. I’m a single man living by myself with no responsibilities but my own. I am looking for someone who will fit into my lifestyle. Unfortunately, […]
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Drug user battling addiction offers words of hope to others
DEAR ABBY: I’m currently in a mental hospital. I have been in and out for years because of suicide attempts and drug use. My drug of choice is crystal meth, and it has been a vicious cycle. I’m 19 and will be 20 soon. I would like to share my story with your readers, young […]
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Son-in-law's old tablet reveals surprising secret
DEAR ABBY: My son-in-law gave me a tablet that he was not using, as he had upgraded. He removed most of his information. When I went to set up my accounts, I noticed his list of apps and passwords was still present and saw four accounts to an adult dating site. My daughter and SIL […]
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Husband refuses to tell wife details of long-ago marriages
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for 34 good years. He’s a little older than I am and was married twice before we met while in our 20s. (They were very brief marriages.) When we married, I knew about one of his marriages, but learned about the other one only much later […]
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New year brings joyful hopes for a brief, prosperous future
DEAR READERS: Welcome to 2019! A new year has arrived, and with it our chance for a new beginning. Today we have an opportunity to discard destructive old habits for healthy new ones, and with that in mind, I will share Dear Abby’s often-requested list of New Year’s resolutions, which were adapted by my late […]
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Man's talk of suicide keeps woman in their relationship
DEAR ABBY: A year ago, after five years of marriage, I divorced my ex-husband, “Taylor.” We agreed to separate because I believed I had fallen out of love with him. We have remained friendly and communicate often. Since the divorce, I have struggled with feelings of guilt and the creeping suspicion that I have made […]
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Daughter has no future with ‘boyfriend’
DEAR ABBY: My daughter is a professional woman in her mid-20s. She works in a demanding field with a lot of overtime. She lives an hour away from us and is financially independent, but depends on us often for favors. She has been dating a man for a year and a half who doesn’t even […]
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Husband takes pact to split house expenses to extremes
DEAR ABBY: I have been married for seven years and have two young boys. My husband, “Cliff,” and I earn approximately the same amount and contribute equally to our household expenses. It bothers me that if we’re on a family excursion, and he’s driving my minivan and we get low on gas, he will fill […]
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Man without a romantic bone in his body irks his girlfriend
DEAR ABBY: I am 25 and have been with my boyfriend on and off for five years. I love him very much. I often overthink things, and a constant frustration of mine is that he makes no romantic gestures at all. He drowns me in compliments and shows his love in other ways. I always […]