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Neighbor suddenly a fixture in lives

DEAR ABBY: I have a female friend, “Kylene,” who needs yard work done weekly. My fiance, “Josh,” goes over there to do the work for her. He charges $60. During the last two weeks, she has be...

DATE: Aug 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife’s view of herself shrinks

DEAR ABBY: About eight months ago, I stumbled on my husband watching online porn. He admitted to habitual use but said it was just a stress reliever and he would stop viewing it. Meanwhile, ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Nephew jumps from frying pan into fire

DEAR ABBY: After their 25th anniversary dinner, my nephew “Will” was blindsided when his wife announced that she had never loved him and has been in love with her stepbrother since her teens...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Unhealthy lifestyle needs adjustment

DEAR ABBY: I’m in a long-term relationship with an incredible guy I’ll call ‘Jerry.“ We both have grown children, his parents and family are amazing, and we all get along wonderfully. Jerry ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Sister-in-law enables alcoholic husband

DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law is her alcoholic husband’s enabler. He has health conditions that make walking difficult. He falls down often and can’t make it to the bathroom. Being drunk all t...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Brother’s good deeds punished

DEAR ABBY: I am a 67-year-old man who has two sisters. Recently, I was at my younger sister “Mitzi’s” house, installing some blinds. While there, I received a phone call from my girlfriend. ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Daily calls to mom wearing thin

DEAR ABBY: I am a 54-year-old mother of two, a wife and a full-time teacher. My days are long, busy and usually uneventful. Every evening, I am expected to call my 84-year-old mother, who li...

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

New habit has wife eyeing the exit

DEAR ABBY: My husband is going to be 70 next month. He is in good physical shape but has taken up smoking marijuana every day. He says he is addicted. I have told him how much I hate that he...

DATE: Aug 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Nurse gets chilly greeting from new colleagues

DEAR ABBY: I have been a registered nurse for 11 years. I am experienced in hospital floor nursing and clinic nursing, and I have always been well regarded in my field. I have never had a pr...

DATE: Aug 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Grandma ignores request not to drive around

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are blessed with a 6-month-old son, “Tyler.” I’m now back at work three days a week. My mother and my mother-in-law offered to watch him one day a week, which we ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

‘Soulmate’s’ appearance could derail marriage

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been happily married for 31 years. I love my wife, but we are now more like roommates or friends than the lovers we were initially. We are also not soulmates. We both agree t...

DATE: Aug 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man hopes statement isn’t taken wrong way

DEAR ABBY: I recently reconnected with a woman I dated briefly in the 1980s and haven’t seen since. She’s around my age. We both were married one year apart, had daughters one year apart and...

DATE: Aug 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby