DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for eight years. When we married, we both drank and smoked. My husband quit smoking five years ago, and I have continued to smoke off and on. If he catches me with a cigarette it becomes an argument, and it’s either I quit or we’re done! […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m 15 and have been dating this guy for two weeks. I have known him for three years. I really like him and he makes me happy. He has already told me he loves me, but I don’t say it back because I’m not going to say it until I’m absolutely sure I […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been divorced for almost 15 years. In that time, my ex-husband has been self-employed and works out of his home. He rarely leaves his house, and I think he suffers from depression. At a school honors event for our daughter for which most of the attendees dressed for the occasion, he […]

DEAR ABBY: My husband has moved our motor home into our driveway and lets our 8-year-old grandson and the neighborhood boys play inside without supervision. I am furious about it because they can — and often do — mess up a whole lot of stuff, and worse, it leaves us open for a lawsuit if […]

DEAR ABBY: President John F. Kennedy proclaimed the ringing of the bells nationwide on Independence Day, July 4, 1963, with the words, “Let’s ring freedom bells!” I was a White House special projects aide at the time, and I recall vividly how exciting it was when bells rang throughout the nation. I’m writing now to […]

DEAR ABBY: I have written to you before, and your advice served me well. I have another problem now, and I don’t know what to do about it. I am a childless man, but I have owned my dog for 12 years. I work from home and we are together constantly. Honestly, Abby, he is […]

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I invite our friends for dinner quite often, and invitations are always accepted. Recently, I began to notice that we are never invited to some of their homes for dinner. I know entertaining isn’t for everyone, but they do entertain other people — just not us. I’m not sure why […]

DEAR ABBY: I am in my late 60s. When I mentioned to a retired friend my desire to move to a Southern state known for economic friendliness toward retirees, I discovered she was thinking the same thing. We decided it would be good to buy a house together as tenants in common with rights of […]

DEAR ABBY: I was taken away from my parents at 13 and placed into foster care, where I stayed until I aged out at 21. My biological mother is a drug addict who abandoned me to my father when I was 11. She never tried to contact me while I was in care. I am […]

DEAR ABBY: The letter you printed from “Gun-Shy in South Carolina” (March 5), about the antics of her gun-toting, alcoholic father-in-law, caught my attention. I’m a former mental health clinician and program inspector. I discussed that letter with a friend who is a psychiatrist. ”Grandpa” has probably already violated a municipal ordinance regarding discharging a […]