DEAR ABBY: I have been separated for three years and am now going through a divorce. I have started a new relationship, and, for the first time, I know what being in love feels like. “Mason” is a remarkable man with many great qualities. However, when we go to my friends’ parties, they often make […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m a senior in high school and will be off to college next year. Like my older brother, I will be attending a school 30 minutes from home. A problem he has, and that I’m worried about, is setting boundaries with our father. Dad works near the college and insists on stopping by […]

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for seven years. Since our wedding, he has had increasing health problems. He recently told me that he planned his funeral three months ago, without saying a word to me. I am very concerned that he seems more focused on death than on life. Am I […]

DEAR ABBY: I must respond to “Always His Mom” (Sept. 26), who asked what to do with her grown son’s baby teeth. She can contact the college of dentistry close to her and ask if the school would like to have the baby teeth the Tooth Fairy collected. When I was in dental school, we […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 14 years to a man who had two failed marriages. I never felt insecure in my married life until I read his answers to a Yahoo Answers poll that asked, “Do you dream about the one that got away?” and, “Have you found the love of your life?” […]

DEAR ABBY: My husband wears a hairpiece. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look very real. Nearly every time we are in a public place, I notice somebody staring or laughing at it. I have talked to him about it only a couple of times, but each time he tells me how attached he is to it and […]

DEAR ABBY: I have a 12-year-old daughter who keeps telling me she knows Santa isn’t real. “Angela” is an only child, so we don’t have a younger child to worry about carrying on the tradition. I keep telling her that I believe, and as long as she believes, Santa will come. Angela went so far […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 24-year-old woman and have been in a committed relationship with “Max” for six years. He proposed four years ago and I told him I wanted to marry him, except I wasn’t ready at that time. The years have gone by, and we have flourished as a couple. Most people would swear […]

DEAR ABBY: I am a 41-year-old female working on my associate’s degree in paralegal studies. Most people I know tell me I’m attractive, and I do get some second looks from men, but there is one thing I think — although I’m not sure — that scares them away. I am disabled. I dress well, […]

DEAR ABBY: I never had a desire to have kids. I married a man, “Harry,” who had four, and did my duty being with them on holidays, birthdays and vacations. I never enjoyed it, and I have always been honest regarding my feelings about baby-sitting. Now that Harry’s children are grown and have children of […]