Dear Abby - The Durango Herald

Can family member skip gatherings?

Dear Abby: Something has been bothering me for a long time. When I attend family functions, I become extremely bored. Whether they are birthday parties or Christmas Eve celebrations, the...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Father-in-law has religious expectations

Dear Abby: My husband and I are trying to have children. He was raised Catholic, but is now agnostic. I’m also agnostic. My deeply religious father-in-law insists that our fu...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man debates merits of keeping virginity

Dear Abby: I’m a 28-year-old male who is still a virgin. I always wanted to be intimate with a virgin female for my first time, but I have never met one. I’ve had opportunities for sex b...

DATE: Aug 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Confession rocks relationship

Dear Abby: My boyfriend of four years recently admitted that he cheated on me six months ago. I was blindsided. Until the day he told me, I thought we shared everything. The hollowness a...

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man’s affair reaches moment of truth

Dear Abby: Last night, I visited my 47-year-old son. After a 23-year marriage, he is going through a nasty divorce. While I was there, he asked my opinion about what he should do regardi...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife looks for words to heal husband

Dear Abby: My husband’s mother recently told him he no longer matters to her because he is an atheist. His mother is supposedly a Christian, but she rarely acts like one. It has left my ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Empty-nesters’ interests diverge

Dear Abby: I’m married to a great husband. We worked well together in our business. He’s loyal, dependable, was a great stepfather when my son was young, etc. When we were yo...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Poolside overexposure is too much

Dear Abby: My husband and I are in our 60s and have a swimming pool that our kids and grandkids like to visit. Our issue is that our granddaughter wears a bathing suit that shows her bum...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Move prompts friend to reveal feelings

Dear Abby: I have been in love with my best friend for two years. We met at a summer camp where we were both working and we hated each other in the beginning. During the process of worki...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Worker’s guilt remains 40 years later

Dear Abby: About 40 years ago, I did someone an injustice, and I have felt guilty ever since. I worked for a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., that fired an accounting clerk who was i...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Dad feels helpless to mend teen’s crisis

Dear Abby: My 14-year-old daughter recently came out of the closet, and it has made my husband and me quite upset. She says she is “bicurious, pansexual and polyamorous.” She now insists...

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Girlfriend tired of being ignored

Dear Abby: I live with my significant other. We have been together for 13 years now. I would like to ask his stepmother why she refuses to acknowledge me. She sends holiday cards address...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby