DEAR ABBY: What do you think about a grandmother getting into a Jacuzzi with her 6-year-old granddaughter? This has caused a big rift in our family. At a large recent family gathering, my daughter couldn’t accommodate all of us sleeping at her home, so some of us rented rooms at a nearby motel. My son-in-law’s […]

DEAR ABBY: How do you tell a young girl about sex, and what’s the best way to go about telling her? My niece is 12 and hasn’t had her first period yet. But she has a serious crush on an older boy, and kids grow up real fast in our neighborhood. You’d be shocked if […]

DEAR ABBY: In our condominium complex, there is one family who are disrespectful to everyone. “Sasha” allows her 11-year-old son, “Travis,” to damage people’s property, lie, steal, harass neighbors, make threats and make a lot of noise. The police have been called many times. I have been told Sasha has physically attacked at least two […]

DEAR ABBY: There is a guy at work I’ve been attracted to for as long as I have worked here — six years. I work in the office and he is in the field. We see each other a couple of times a week, if that. We attended a retirement party for one of the […]

DEAR ABBY: Shortly after my wife and I were married, my wife got pregnant. Due to complications with the pregnancy, the baby had to be delivered early through a C-section. Our baby didn’t make it. That was four years ago. After unsuccessfully trying to conceive for almost a year now, my wife decided she wanted […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m 17 and hopelessly confused. I’m currently in a long-distance relationship with someone I haven’t seen in person for several months. At first, I wasn’t “into” him, but after we began talking over Skype and emailing, he told me he liked me, so I said I liked him, too — even though I’m […]

DEAR ABBY: My son is 24 and was honorably discharged as a corporal after a four-year enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was deployed twice to Iraq. Since his return he has been attending community college, but he lacks the focus and is bored. He has recently announced that he would like to return […]

DEAR ABBY: “Wants to Do the Right Thing” (April 18) asked about using email to thank those who donated to a fundraiser for her son, who has bone cancer. What is wrong with that? I have been there. One of my twin boys was diagnosed with cancer at age 2. I was grateful for all […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been in an on-again/off-again relationship with a man for 16 years — more on than off. We have two boys together. He recently moved back in, and things are going well. We’re in our 30s, and I’m ready to be more than girlfriend and boyfriend. I’d like to ask this special […]

DEAR ABBY: I am a longtime reader. This is the first time I have ever written to you, and I’m hoping you will have an answer for me. I’d like to know the proper way to address a surviving gay spouse in the unfortunate event of a death. Is a gay man who has lost […]