DEAR ABBY: I am a 40-year-old woman who feels like a single mother. My husband is lazy, has a negative attitude and hasn’t held a job in four years. I provide everything in our marriage — the money, the education for our 8-year-old son, plus I do all the housework, etc. My husband graduated from […]

DEAR ABBY: I am a 14-year-old girl living with my grandmother. My mom died when I was 7 and my father is now remarried. He and my stepmom have two children together. My problem is my stepmother and I don’t get along. I try to be friendly, but she hardly speaks to me or my […]

DEAR ABBY: Our son, “Jason,” has decided to leave college with only two semesters left in order to pursue his love of river guiding and outdoor programs. While he was in school, his father and I paid for his cell phone, health and car insurance, and his rent because we wanted his focus to be […]

DEAR ABBY: I had to chuckle at the letter from “Smooth-Headed in Tampa” (June 28), who complained that shallow women won’t date a bald man. He hit the nail on the head with the term “shallow.” My husband is bald, but I didn’t realize it when I first met him because he always wore a […]

DEAR ABBY: I met “Guy” seven years ago and fell deeply in love. We dated for a couple of months, but one day with no warning he broke up with me on my voicemail. Three weeks after the breakup, Guy came to my home. It was the week of his wedding, which he never bothered […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 36-year-old woman who has a 25-year-old friend I love like a little sister. Because of that connection, I felt compelled to ask her to be a bridesmaid in my upcoming wedding. After she agreed, I overheard her mention that she would be getting a large tattoo on her arm. Because she […]

DEAR ABBY: A few weeks ago, I had to pick up my sister “Karyn” after a night out. When she called she told me I was going to “hate” her and not to judge her. The man she was with had been arrested for DUI. Abby, he is the same person who killed another one […]

DEAR ABBY: My wife, “Jan,” is having problems related to my late wife, “Ellen.” Ellen and I were married 31 years. We built a business together and raised three sons. Obviously, I have a lifetime of memories associated with her. I admit that I still grieve, but I have tried to move on. I am […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m a teen mom who feels like I am being taken advantage of by my newborn’s grandmother. (I’ll call her “Liz.”) My baby’s father, “Todd,” lives with her. They provide no financial support. Liz puts me on the spot constantly and makes me feel bad if I tell her she can’t have the […]

DEAR ABBY: My father is having an affair — another one. It is not the first time I have found evidence of it. I was using his computer to work on my grandmother’s memorial and an IM popped up from a woman telling him to meet her at a family event my mother was not […]