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  • Get GED now before it gets more expensive

    Dear Abby: I have worked in the field of education for more than 40 years, with the last 25 years serving in adult education, helping students complete their high school equivalency diploma. Big changes are impending worldwide in this very important educational service. Starting in …Read More

  • Husband’s new wife keeps him on tight leash

    Dear Abby: My ex-husband and I divorced a year ago. We share a 4-year-old son and have a cordial relationship. Shortly after our divorce, he married a woman he had been carrying on an affair with while married to me. Since their wedding, she has …Read More

  • Asking to bring wedding guest violates etiquette

    Dear Abby: I took care of my husband for 10 years before his death from early-onset Alzheimer’s. I am in a relationship now, and I’m finding that a widow’s status is far different than that of a wife. Not long ago, I was invited to …Read More

  • Don’t make your woes your child’s problems

    Dear Abby: I am the mother of a 5-year-old daughter I’ll call Mandy. Her father and I separated when she was 16 months old and now we are divorced. I am newly engaged to a wonderful man and very happy. I have just learned that …Read More

  • Drivers need to know RVs can’t stop on a dime

    Dear Abby: It’s vacation time again, time to hit the road in the RV. Please make your readers aware that people driving motor homes, towing fifth-wheel trailers and travel trailers cannot stop as quickly as a small car or truck. When people cut in front …Read More

  • Dead-end relationship must be called off

    Dear Abby: I am a divorcee with college-aged children. I love my children, and I thought I loved my ex. However, after my divorce I wonder if I’m capable of loving anyone other than my children again. Two years after the divorce I started a …Read More

  • Make use of Friends and Family Health Kit

    Dear Abby: When friends and family get together, the conversation often turns to the subject of health. They swap stories about the medications they may be taking and the lifestyle changes they’re making to improve their health. They look to each other for support and …Read More

  • She doesn’t like sex, but gets plenty offers

    Dear Abby: I am a woman in my late 40s and I hate sex. I always have and always will. I’m disabled, and it has always been torture. I never got any positive benefits out of it. My problem is I get hit on constantly. …Read More

  • Not Grandpa’s place to force name change

    Dear Abby: My wife’s niece is marrying a wonderful man of Greek descent this summer. Her grandfather insists that his last name is too long and impossible to pronounce. He thinks they need to change the name when they marry. He went so far as …Read More

  • Wedding gift note goes over like lead balloon

    Dear Abby: My husband and I attended the wedding of the son of some old friends in another state. Rather than buy the young couple a gift, we instead gave them a check for $1,000. Imagine our astonishment when a month later the following arrived …Read More

  • He wants diamond back after in-law dies

    Dear Abby: My partner and I have been together 23 years and his parents have embraced me as one of their own. A few years ago, we bought his mother a beautiful diamond cocktail ring for Mother’s Day. She’s now 84, and when she passes …Read More

  • 12-year old should get help for fits of crying

    Dear Abby: I am a 12-year-old girl who is happy, healthy and doing great in school. But lately I have felt sad, lonely and just plain frustrated. I used to talk to my parents about it, but I don’t feel comfortable doing it anymore, and …Read More

  • Parents in denial about young son’s behavior

    Dear Abby: I am a long-time reader but a first-time writer. My problem has been bothering me for some time now. We have a grandson who is 4 and very much a “princess boy.” He likes girl toys and dresses and doesn’t like any of …Read More

  • Think friend is having affair? Stay out of it

    Dear Abby: I have a friend who I believe is having an affair. I have no concrete evidence, only a slew of circumstantial evidence such as odd work hours, blocks of mystery time set aside at night in his cellphone’s day planner, and evading questions …Read More

  • More than 100 tasty recipes in cookbooklets

    Dear Abby: My husband came up to me after dinner, wrapped his arms around me and asked, “Honey, is there anything we need to discuss?” In his hand he held an envelope on which I had written your name and address. When I told him …Read More

  • Many would not allow lottery to ruin marriage

    Dear Abby: I’m responding to your request for comments about the letter from “Happily Single” (Feb. 13) and whether a divorce would be the first course of action upon winning the lottery. In a community-property state, a divorce AFTER winning wouldn’t legally protect you from …Read More

  • Turn off speaker phone, give grandma privacy

    Dear Abby: My granddaughter and her boyfriend live in another state, and I love hearing from her. However, when I call her, she always puts me on speaker phone, which I find rude. I have never met her boyfriend and don’t feel he should be …Read More

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