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Service dog owner gives clerk lesson

DEAR ABBY: Yesterday I was in a retail store with my service dog. The clerk asked me what kind of service dog she was and I replied, “She’s my service dog.” She kept pressing me as to ex...

Man objects to friend’s vegan cooking

DEAR ABBY: I retired after a 40-year career. A friend from work, “Bernie,” is the same age I am (62) but is still working. Six years ago, I had a serious health crisis. Three...

Wife concerned about racy texts

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Ralph,” and I have been married for 30 years. He recently started receiving sexually oriented texts from a male co-worker I’ll call Mike. What Ralph once read alo...

Girlfriend lonely in family-man relationship

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I just moved in together. We have been a couple for seven years. Until now, we have lived with our parents. I knew moving in would be a struggle f...

Woman not social after loss

DEAR ABBY: I am at that age when most of my friends and colleagues are having children. I suffered a miscarriage (my first pregnancy) a few months ago, and I have been feeling depressed ...

Wife of slob fed up with mess

DEAR ABBY: I dearly love my husband. We’ve been married 33 years. We have raised three productive citizens, have five beautiful grandchildren and live in the heartland of America. ...

Bride alienates fiancé’s sister

DEAR ABBY: I am a bridesmaid for my brother’s upcoming wedding. However, his fiancée is throwing out some crazy mandates for the big day. 1. All family members must wear cont...

Moving won’t solve morning noise

DEAR ABBY: Suggesting that an older couple (“Upset in Washington,” June 13) move to a community for people over age 55 because they’re bothered by the neighbor children early in the morn...

Woman dislikes teen boys

DEAR ABBY: I’m a happily married woman in my 30s. Although we don’t have children yet, many of our friends do. Some of them have boys who are approaching or are already in their early te...

Wife opposes husband’s plan to donate sperm to a friend

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, I married a kind, hard-working man I’ll call Travis. These two years have been the best of my life, and I couldn’t imagine a better husband. However, I just got...

Millionaire boyfriend proves stingy with airline rewards

DEAR ABBY: I am in a long-distance relationship with a man who lives halfway across the country. Because he’s very wealthy, he arranges for all the airfare. I am a single mother and I ha...

Bullied girl starts to cut herself

DEAR ABBY: My granddaughter “Ruby” was cyber-bullied. I suspect a friend of hers who is her on-again, off-again friend. When the girl is “off,” she is cruel, but Ruby is attached to her....