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Woman feels gap in relationship

Dear Abby: I’m in a relationship with a man who lives eight hours away. We met last year through a dating site while he was in my area on a business trip but lost contact shortly after h...

DATE: Oct 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Online gaming addiction isolates man

Dear Abby: I am a 34-year-old man who is somewhat socially awkward. I want to start dating and hopefully find that special someone. The problem is, I have an addiction. It’s not to alcoh...

DATE: Oct 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man unsure how to ask out co-worker

DEAR ABBY: A new co-worker started a few weeks ago. (FYI, I’m a gay man.) We share similar interests and have a lot in common. As I am getting to know him, I have become increasingly att...

DATE: Oct 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Cross-dressing friend wants to go out

Dear Abby: My best friend and I are both male and 25. We’ve been friends since third grade. We were apart for four years of college and two years after because we were employed in differ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Readers diagnose mother’s woes

Dear Abby: “Jumbled in Ohio” (Aug. 10) indicated that her lack of interest in her husband started about a year after the birth of her second child. You recommended counseling, which is n...

DATE: Oct 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Woman upsets ‘friends with benefits’

Dear Abby: I’ve been spending time with a certain gentleman for more than five years. I am in love with him. We dated at first, then became friends with benefits. He had another woman mo...

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Daughter surprised by dad’s will

Dear Abby: I am 30 years old, the only child of divorced parents in their late 60s. Neither of them has remarried. Because of certain family events, I encouraged Dad to create...

DATE: Oct 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Daughter remains withdrawn after coming out to parents

Dear Abby: Our college-age daughter has been withdrawn and depressed for some time. During a recent visit, after asking her several times what was wrong, encouraging her to continue counseli...

DATE: Oct 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Woman knows truth about grandfather

Dear Abby: When I was 11, my parents and I moved near my grandparents. I loved them very much. One day, my grandfather offered to take me for a ride around the countryside, and we jumped...

DATE: Oct 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Student lives in fear of the future

Dear Abby: I’m frightened that I will become homeless and won’t be able to pay my bills. I’m afraid of getting older and ending up a homeless woman, freezing to death on the streets. I w...

DATE: Sep 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Bad news comes secondhand to bride

Dear Abby: I am getting married soon. I grew up without a biological father. When I was younger, a man (I’ll call him Tom) stepped into my life and has been like a father to me for almos...

DATE: Sep 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Trans woman needs marriage advice

Dear Abby: I am a transgender female who is working on my marriage to my wife of 41 years. I started my transition in 2011. We have had our ups and downs during the course of...

DATE: Sep 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby