DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I are talking marriage soon, and I’m already stressing over who will walk me down the aisle. I always planned for it to be my dad, but he passed away a month ago. Mom remarried when I was young, but I have never had a close relationship with my stepdad. […]
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Aquarius: Do what is best for you
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jeremy Sisto, 44; Amy Jo Johnson, 48; Elisabeth Shue, 55; Britt Ekland, 76. Happy Birthday: Change begins within. Look around you and you’ll discover what you can do to improve your life, your relationships and your future. Don’t let someone or something hold you back or disrupt your life. Take […]
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Capricorn: Time to collect your reward
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Jesse Eisenberg, 35; Scott Weinger, 43; Kate Winslet, 43; Guy Pearce, 51. Happy Birthday: Explore the future instead of living in the past. Start to purge and evaluate your life and your next move. Change is within reach, but it will take effort on your part to ensure that whatever […]
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Tactile hypersensitivity is aversion to scratchy clothes on skin
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old man with an arthritic back, urinary tract problems and, worst of all, highly sensitive skin! There are few items of clothing that I can tolerate. I turn tank top shirts inside out, preventing seams from irritating my skin. This has been a progressive problem since birth, worsening significantly […]
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Mom's wild stories cause her grandchildren distress
DEAR ABBY: My mother insists on telling my three youngest children that my husband is not their father. The oldest girl is the spitting image of him, and she’s upset about it. Mom also calls me terrible names. She keeps saying it will add years to my life if I divorce him and makes appointments […]
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Sagittarius: Get your finances in order
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Alicia Silverstone, 42; Liev Schreiber, 51; Christoph Waltz, 62; Susan Sarandon, 72. Happy Birthday: Put more into home, family and getting ahead. Refuse to let setbacks of the past hold you back. Use your ingenuity, strength and courage to bring about positive changes that will improve your life on all […]
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Avoiding an outbreak of HIV infection
DEAR DR. ROACH: My local news outlet here in Saskatchewan published a story on mutated strains of HIV present in my province being a concern to the medical community. As a sexually active adult, but not a user of injectable recreational drugs, what does this mean for me and other citizens in my area? How […]
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Couple looking to the future differs on starting a family
DEAR ABBY: I have been in a strong relationship with my girlfriend for five years. We are very much in love. I have told her I don’t want to get married and have kids until I have attained some level of success. She understands my desire to be a good provider, but she’s 29 and […]
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Long-married couple wonders if being 'swingers' is good for them
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for years. We married young, and I’m the only man she has been with. Although we seem to have a good sex life, she’s now saying she wants more. She wants to experiment and is suggesting we try a “swinging” lifestyle — a threesome or foursome […]
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Scorpio: Slow down before you jump
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Seann William Scott, 42; Neve Campbell, 45; Gwen Stefani, 49; Chubby Checker, 77. Happy Birthday: Look for constructive ways to deal with difficult people and situations. Your patience will help you maintain balance and encourage others to meet your demands as long as you are willing to pitch in and […]