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Effort to be good grandfather fails

DEAR ABBY: Ten years ago, I connected with “Christi,” a daughter I fathered with a woman I was in a relationship with for a short time decades ago. We split before Christi was born. My ex-gi...

DATE: Dec 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Family’s collective mental health declining

DEAR ABBY: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly gotten on my mom’s nerves (she has also become more impatient an...

DATE: Dec 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Too late to leave narcissist?

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to a narcissist for 28 years. He has gaslighted me for our entire 30 years together. He has had a “work wife” and a flirtation with the next-door neighbor hottie...

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Teacher has message for parents

DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the end of my 26th year of teaching, there’s something I need to get off my chest. At the end of every sc...

DATE: Dec 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife still communicates with ex best friend

DEAR ABBY: My best friend of more than 10 years, “Ian,” ghosted me. We used to talk about everything – wives, children, jobs. We spent hours together and helped each other sort out our probl...

DATE: Dec 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Unwelcome advances may threaten friendship

DEAR ABBY: I’m struggling with my integrity and an important friendship. My friend “Beth’s” husband, “Jerry,” came to my house to help with a construction project. After discussing the proje...

DATE: Dec 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Sparks fly when ex returns

DEAR ABBY: My son is 27. He has had some problems recently that were so serious I reached out to his father. His father and I were teenagers when we had him, so the last time we spoke was 18...

DATE: Nov 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man wonders why he’s stayed in marriage

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 38 years. We have three adult children and four grandchildren. I have always wondered whether I have stayed in the marriage out of obligation and/or becaus...

DATE: Nov 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Son invites rapist father to wedding

DEAR ABBY: My child “Logan” is the product of a sexual assault. He has located his father and formed a relationship with him. Logan didn’t know the circumstances of his conception at the tim...

DATE: Nov 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Boyfriend has nursed grudge for six years

DEAR ABBY: My daughter is asking me to apologize to her boyfriend, “Harry,” for yelling at him when I was helping them move six years ago. (I had traveled 250 miles to help.) The day of the ...

DATE: Nov 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Noble gesture puts father in dicey situation

DEAR ABBY: My 19-year-old niece didn’t finish high school and has been in and out of rehab for years. She’s about to leave a residential program and is looking for a place to live. Her paren...

DATE: Nov 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Husband mentions ex in his sleep

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 4½ years had an old girlfriend he was on and off with for 15 years. She passed away while he was in prison. We got married three months after he was released. The th...

DATE: Nov 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

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