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New living arrangement would come with serious strings

DEAR ABBY: After four months of dating, I asked my boyfriend if we could move in together to save on rent. He was absolutely against the idea. We’ve now been dating for 10 months, and he rec...

Condition makes it hard to watch toddler

DEAR ABBY: I recently retired. I also have fibromyalgia, which leaves me fatigued and in pain, and I never know how I will feel on a given day. My daughter is a single mom of a 3-year-old an...

Disgraced brother-in-law back in picture

DEAR ABBY: Four years ago, after our family gathering for Christmas, my brother-in-law sent me a message saying I looked “sexy” in my sweater. I replied, “thanks.” A year later, at another f...

Man who abandoned family reappears after 16 years

DEAR ABBY: I was married for 39 years to “Morris,” an alcoholic and a spendthrift. In 2010, he announced he was having an affair with his boss, and the next day he moved in with and eventual...

Stepmother feels left out of family updates

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Evan,” and I have been together five years and were married 2½ years ago. We’re both in our early 40s and have children from previous relationships. What I’ve noticed...

Wife’s sudden change leaves husband in bed alone

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married for four years. When we got married, we were both monogamous. We wanted children and a classic nuclear family, and our interests and political beli...

‘Girlfriend’ fishing for money, not love

DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law, “Carla,” has had a “girlfriend,” “Susan,” for the past year who she has never met or spoken to. They only text. Carla says they plan to be married when they meet...

Man won’t leave neighbor alone

DEAR ABBY: I have a next-door neighbor who is retired and takes care of his wife, who has dementia. He’s a nice enough person, but he has no personal boundaries. He is intrusive and knocks o...

Stepdad pushing teen along wrong path

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have recently found out that our 14-year-old granddaughter, a freshman in high school, is being encouraged to drink, or more accurately, “chug,” beer out of cans ...

Siblings endured horrors at home

DEAR ABBY: I’m the youngest of a family of three boys and two girls. The only person I had any connection with growing up was my sister “Sara.” We were both treated the same way by our mothe...

Father’s death intensifies hatred toward stepmother

DEAR ABBY: My brothers and I loved our father. He was an alcoholic until he was 37. After he stopped drinking, we became the best of friends. He was both mother and father to me, and I was s...

Budding romance cut short during estranged wife’s illness

DEAR ABBY: I’m a man younger than my age married to a woman who is older than hers. Ten years ago, we couldn’t get along, so we separated. While separated, I met a wonderful woman, “Cynthia....