DEAR ABBY: Is there such a thing as non-physical sexual abuse? When I was young, my father would fondle my mother when I came to sleep with them when I had a nightmare. (She would rebuff his advances.) He would also watch porn in front of me. As I matured, he made comments about my […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m in my early 20s, happily married and financially secure. My husband and I have been discussing having children. My problem is my sister has been trying to start a family for three years, to no avail because she has infertility issues. These issues run in our family, and there is a 75 […]

DEAR ABBY: My 26-year-old daughter was married last year, but four months after the wedding her husband was arrested for child molestation that had occurred years before. She filed for divorce immediately. In the meantime, she has met someone and is now pregnant. They want to be married as soon as her divorce is final. […]

DEAR ABBY: I was divorced when my son was 9. He’s now 24. My ex-wife married the man she had been having an affair with and they have a 12-year-old son. I am also remarried and in a good place in my life. For the past two years, my son has brought his half brother […]

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I are in our 20s and have been dating for five years. We’re renovating a home that we will live in once it’s completed. We have never lived together before. During the renovation I have come to the house to find that he has opened packages that were addressed to […]

DEAR ABBY: I need help and don’t know where to turn. I am divorced and have a 37-year-old son, “Teddy,” who has never married and has no children. He lives on his own except when he’s in trouble or has nowhere else to go. Then he moves back in with me. The problem is my […]

DEAR ABBY: I am a young woman on a predominantly male college campus. One morning, while walking to a class, I had the misfortune of walking a few feet ahead of a pair of boys who were having an incredibly offensive and loud conversation about their sexual interests. It was extremely derogatory toward women, and […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been married 30 years and have raised four children to adulthood. I recently found out my husband has been having an affair with a prostitute from a strip club. He paid all her living expenses and promised to marry her. She was 26 when it started; he is 56. He told […]

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I read the letter you ran on Dec. 21 from “Dateless in Dayton.” We have a few thoughts on the matter we’d like to share with him and anyone else who is having bad luck getting responses on dating websites. We are middle-aged and have been together for two years. […]

DEAR ABBY: I am a semi-retired widow in my 60s. A few months ago I started spending time with a man I work with. We would see each other once or twice a month, strictly as friends. Our “dates” ended with a platonic hug. About a month ago, a hug turned into an embrace. A […]