Dear Abby - The Durango Herald

Aging father has made plans for assets

DEAR ABBY: I'm a single retired grandfather in the South. My daughter, 50, has hitched her wagon to an alcoholic. She’s circling the drain and going down with him. My grandsons are adults an...

DATE: Jul 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Grandma feels slighted by stolen nickname

DEAR ABBY: We have five grandchildren. All but one call me MeeMaw. I’ve been MeeMaw since my first grandchild was born 15 years ago. Four years ago, our third grandchild was born, and the fo...

DATE: Jul 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Online acquaintance wants to get closer

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 70-year-old Black woman who looks about 45 or 50. I recently met a man online while playing dominoes. We have been chatting back and forth for about two weeks now. He is 44,...

DATE: Jul 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Woman targets man with disabilities

DEAR ABBY: My son “Ethan” is a visually impaired adult with disabilities. He’s articulate, down to earth and joyful to be around. He’s a homeowner in a nice area of town. A woman we met thro...

DATE: Jul 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Daughter cuts off contact with family

DEAR ABBY: My older daughter, “Brianna,” age 42, does not want anything to do with me or her brother and sister-in-law. She keeps me from my granddaughter, who is 17. I have been divorced si...

DATE: Jun 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife refuses to repeat tall tales

DEAR ABBY: My husband of almost 40 years is not well. He has been a good provider, but his life stories are heavily laced with lies. That has been very difficult for me to live with. I belie...

DATE: Jun 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Girlfriend finally calls it quits

DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend and I broke up after six years. Both of us have children from marriages that ended seven years ago. We reached a point a year and a half ago and started looking for ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Granddaughters’ bikinis make waves at gathering

DEAR ABBY: I have two granddaughters and four grandsons. My granddaughters, ages 19 and 20, wear thong bikinis at family swim events in front of their dad, grandpa, uncles and cousins. I bel...

DATE: Jun 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Young relative always on hunt for cash, gifts

DEAR ABBY: My stepdaughter has an 11-year-old daughter I’ll call “Kristina.” Kristina is very well-behaved, but she’s being taught at home that love is measured in dollars. She is constantly...

DATE: Jun 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Friendship is still appreciated

DEAR ABBY: As a lonely, mixed-up teenager in the 1980s, I developed a huge crush on a disc jockey at a local radio station. I would call him at least once a night when he was on the air, and...

DATE: Jun 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Aging couple considers move

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are contemplating moving across the country to be near our daughters. We have lived in our home for 45 years. We are both active and in very good health, but unli...

DATE: Jun 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife prepares to run off with best man

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “George” for 35 years. I was pregnant when I married. We had dated only five months. We came from families that believed you had to “do the right thing” and...

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby