I didn’t cry when my daughter left home at 18 – I had empty nest romp with an escort instead, but one thing floored me

SITTING in the hotel room armchair holding a glass of white wine, I looked nervously at the gorgeous man I was with and ...

Miss Manners: My grandson calls this woman Nonna, and I’m not OK with that

When our sons had their first babies, my ex wanted the family to refer to his girlfriend as Nonna (“grandmother”). Our sons ...

Asking Eric: My niece got married. Now she’s creating tension in the family

Over the past 18 months, since my niece met her now-husband, she has pretty much turned her back on her family.

Asking Eric: I am ashamed to admit it, but I hate my three stepchildren

No matter how rude and mean his children were being, my husband couldn’t man up. He’d say, “I don’t want to alienate them by ...

I need alone time, but my husband is always home. Hax readers give advice.

Introverted letter writer wants to be in their house alone sometimes, but won’t ask husband for fear of a “petulant response.
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Dear Abby: I said I’d be in their wedding, but I’m so upset by the processional plan

DEAR EXHAUSTED: It was loving and generous of you to enroll in classes to become a CNA so you could give your wife’s uncle ...

Dear Abby: Spouses paired with others in friends’ wedding party

Dear Abby: Two years ago, a close friend of my husband’s and mine asked us to be the “best couple” in their wedding. After ...

Dear Abby: Hubby and I will be separated in a wedding party, and that makes me cry

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

Asking Eric: I’m sober, but my friend tells stories about me being blackout drunk

Dear Past: Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Your friend may consciously or subconsciously resent the new life ...

Asking Eric: How do I reassure my sister that my best friend won’t replace her?

Dear Not My Past: Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Your friend may consciously or subconsciously resent the new ...

Dear Abby: Why ask us to be the ‘best couple,’ then make us walk down the aisle with someone else?

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, a close friend of my husband’s and mine asked us to be the “best couple” in their wedding. After ...
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Dear Abby: My spouse and I are in the wedding party, but not being paired as a couple

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, a close friend of my husband’s and mine asked us to be the “best couple” in their wedding. After ...