Dear Abby - The Durango Herald

Husband’s annual trip unpopular

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married nine years and have four children, ages 5, 3, 2 and 9 months. For the past three years, he has been attending a weeklong music festival where he...

DATE: Jan 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A happy new year to all

DEAR READERS: Welcome to 2023! A new year has arrived, and the last one is behind us. As always, this new year brings with it our hopes for a new beginning. Today presents an opportunity to ...

DATE: Dec 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Secret leads to havoc when family finds out

DEAR ABBY: I was married to a man whose family always seemed to be in each other’s business. His 18-year-old niece already had two children when she became pregnant again. She hid it from ev...

DATE: Dec 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Woman prefers thrill of the hunt

DEAR ABBY: I am a woman in my late 30s. I have had a few failed relationships and a marriage that ended in divorce. At one point, I juggled three lovers at a time. I like being in a committe...

DATE: Dec 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

What’s the best way to stay in touch?

DEAR ABBY: I have a much younger friend in another state, and we like to keep in touch. I prefer email, as I’m elderly, hard of hearing and look after my husband, who is having cognitive pro...

DATE: Dec 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Student plans for future with beau

DEAR ABBY: I am a senior in high school in a long-distance relationship. My boyfriend, “Grant,” and I live two states apart and have visited each other several times. He’s four years older t...

DATE: Dec 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Woman still getting the cold shoulder

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married six years, and ever since we’ve been married, my husband’s daughter has insisted that I can’t come to her house that my husband has a mortgage on. I think he sho...

DATE: Dec 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Sister’s stuff taking over garage

DEAR ABBY: While my sister was incarcerated, she was evicted from her house. She asked me if I would pack her belongings and store them for her in my garage for a couple of weeks until she g...

DATE: Dec 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Choose right time to share sympathy

DEAR ABBY: My father died a couple of years ago, and my mother died recently. I have noticed something that I would like to share with your readers. When I came back to work after the funera...

DATE: Dec 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

New beau blindsides ex

DEAR ABBY: My ex-wife, “Jenny,” and I were together seven years, married for almost five of them. We have a young child together. We have been divorced for eight months. I have been trying t...

DATE: Dec 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Change to will may signal serious issue

DEAR ABBY: You printed a letter from a person whose failing, elderly friend made an abrupt change to his will (“Promise Withdrawn in Texas,” Aug. 27). Because of the change, the elder’s enti...

DATE: Dec 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Strangers saw chat very differently

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of two years works for a company with 160 employees, 95 miles from our town. He held a party at a restaurant located near the company. I knew no one and doubt very mu...

DATE: Dec 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby