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Runaway teen avoids grandma
She opened a Facebook page. I was able to write to her a couple of times and she responded. She isn’t answering my messages now. I suspect her boyfriend is…
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Swinging makes wife uneasy
The other female has lesbian tendencies that make me uncomfortable. Her boyfriend is juggling two partners at once, alternating nights for each one. My husband has told him he can…
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Mother worries about children
My children do not have lives; they work low-paying jobs and scrape by. Worse, they have no ambition to do better. They no longer live with me, but often gather…
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Girl warns about photo sharing
In manufacturing class today, I was hanging out with my friend Ian. We were in a larger group of boys and he started bragging about how a girl sent him…
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Man may quit card-playing group
One member of the group has become unable to remember the rules and constantly asks how he should respond to his partner’s bid. He also keeps asking the score and…
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Man begs ex for second chance
It was out of character for him not to come home, and I was so worried that I reported him missing to the police. If that wasn’t enough, he left…
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There’s help for domestic violence victims
My message is to people who currently experience abuse. No one deserves to be battered physically, mentally or emotionally. When people suffer from substance-abuse addiction (alcohol, drugs, etc.), they get…
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Vintage car concerns passenger
As she drove us to the restaurant, her car stalled twice. It was underpowered and, in my opinion, rickety. After she dropped me home, I sent her an email to…
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Young woman crushes on in law
I remarried three years ago, and my son’s wife was instantly attracted to my 54-year-old husband. It’s always uncomfortable for the two of us when they come to visit. She…
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Grandkids take toll on mother
My brother refuses to accept that he’s taking advantage of our mom financially and emotionally. He has plenty to say about me moving back home, even though I help contribute.…
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Abby gives new year advice
Today we have an opportunity to discard destructive old habits for healthy new ones, and with that in mind, I will share Dear Abby’s often-requested list of New Year’s Resolutions…
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Animal advocate issues warning
The example of the apple core has been at the heart of our education program for more than three decades. Before throwing that apple core out the window, believing that…
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Partner wrongly accused of cheating
Long story short, he says he wants us to start over as friends and see where things go because he doesn’t want to be in a relationship with anyone right…
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Woman has feelings for doctor
While I appreciate his skills as a doctor, I have started to develop romantic feelings for him. I realize telling him would put him in an awkward position and possibly…
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Man troubled after wife overdoses
I set up an intervention to get her into rehab. But when the time came to go, she kept putting it off. She said she wanted to get high “one…
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Wife loses weight out of fear
I was frightened by what he said, so I took off 25 pounds. He didn’t appear to notice, so I asked him, “Now what do you think?” He said, “You…
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Couple loses faith in marriage
My wife says she “doesn’t feel a connection with me anymore” (or perhaps never really did). We have seen a counselor a couple of times over the last 12 years,…
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Affair divides family for years
Our family has recovered and all is well – except with my wife’s brother-in-law (the husband). He considers me “persona non grata,” and I have been excluded from all family…
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Woman feels used by boyfriend
He always has his married children staying with him, even though they are financially well off and don’t need to. Every time I suggest we should be together by now,…
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Teen mom treated poorly
My parents treat me like I’m a nobody and always bring up how I got pregnant. They barely allow me to take my son anywhere. I still have to ask…
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Broken ankle changes Euro trip
Shortly before our scheduled departure I fell, broke my ankle and couldn’t go. We tried unsuccessfully to obtain some kind of refunds, and travel insurance paid only if the accident…
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Sexual assault brings up trauma
Time went on, I thought I had moved on and life would continue as usual. Well, five years ago the trauma erupted inside of me. My therapist thinks that possibly…
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Affair involves husband, brother
We agreed to get counseling and work on our marriage. Well, it turns out Velma was also seeing his brother while she was with my husband. Oh! And she had…
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Karaoke is not about talent
Well, the same goes for Karen. The other singers compliment her to the point that she now believes she has a competition-worthy voice. In reality, while her voice isn’t terrible,…
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Daughter worries about mom
I would love to invite her to my in-laws’ house, but my husband doesn’t want her to come. When I told him he could take the kids to his family’s…
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Dad obsessed with inheritance
I finally had to tell Dad to stop asking my young kids which of his childhood toys they would like when he dies because it was freaking them out. They…
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Stepson left out of gift-giving
My husband and I had our own child seven months ago. Now they’re sending a ton of Christmas presents for my biological son, but only a few token gifts for…
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Mental illness worries father
I just learned via the news and social media that her brother, who is also 14 (and lives nearby with his grandparents), is being charged with two counts of capital…
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Christmas babies share stories
Our daughter was born on Dec. 20. When she was only a few years old, we purchased a 2-foot-tall artificial tree and named it “the birthday tree.” She could decorate…
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Wife uneasy of ‘business partner’
When they are both here in town, they have “business” meetings several times a week. I am not allowed to attend, know when they take place or even ask what…