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Dear Abby: At holidays, guest brings out the worst in my husband

Woman enjoys hosting family gatherings but gets annoyed as her husband and her daughter’s father-in-law get drunk and talk politics.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 2, 2023

Dear Abby: Friend’s family disapproves of me because I’m gay

Health care worker hits it off with elderly man and enjoys visiting him, but his relatives object.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 1, 2023

Dear Abby: Left out of family celebrations, I feel like the black sheep

Estrangement from siblings leaves reader heartbroken and lonely.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2023

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Dear Abby: Should groom exclude boozing relatives from his wedding?

He worries they’ll get drunk and embarrass the family, but his father insists they be invited.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 30, 2023

Dear Abby: Romance was going great until woman ghosted me

After a weekend away with friends, she barely communicated and then blew off a conversation about the couple’s future.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 29, 2023

Dear Abby: Friend offers to make me a quilt, then never does

After two years of waiting for the promise to be kept, disappointed reader is ready to give up.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 28, 2023

Dear Abby: How do 9 siblings, all very different, still get along?

By respecting contrary opinions and agreeing to disagree, the brothers and sisters manage to stay loving and gather often for family fun.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2023

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Dear Abby: It’ll break child’s heart if I leave his unfaithful father

Woman no longer trusts her boyfriend and considers ending the relationship, but worries about the effect on their 18-month-old son.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 26, 2023

Dear Abby: New doctor had me keep clothes on at exam, and I’m confused

Patient doubts the physical was very thorough if his new primary care M.D. didn’t have him undress.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 25, 2023

Dear Abby: Dad makes awful food, sulks when nobody eats it

He ignores his wife’s pleas to cook just for himself and not impose his foul creations on their kids.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 24, 2023

Dear Abby: My wife won’t help me dress as a woman for Halloween

She tolerates her husband’s cross-dressing in private, but he wants a chance to go out in public and experience life as the opposite sex.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 23, 2023

Dear Abby: Thanksgiving host expects me to do much of the cooking

She says the holiday is ruined unless the turkey is handled by her sister, who prepared the dinner for years and is tired of it.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 22, 2023

Dear Abby: Unable to conceive, woman refuses to see new baby in family

As she avoids meeting with the happy parents during her painful struggle with fertility, her husband secretly visits the child.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 20, 2023

Dear Abby: I might leave behind great job, adult kids to be with boyfriend

After a year’s courtship, man urges partner in New Jersey to move to his town in Ohio, but it’s a tough decision.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 19, 2023

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 18, 2023

Dear Abby: Friend’s histrionic wife always ruins our get-togethers

Meeting up with longtime pal means also dealing with his wife and her loud demands for attention.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 17, 2023

Dear Abby: Our kids take cues from their cousin, a manipulator

Girls’ mom has been helping raise her nephew but worries he’s a bad influence on her own children.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023

Dear Abby: It’s been 7 years, and my boyfriend has yet to propose

Woman’s wedding dress is ready, but man says he won’t marry till pandemic is completely over.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 15, 2023

Dear Abby: Sibling’s cheery ‘holiday newsletter’ just depresses me

The rest of us, with modest incomes and personal struggles, don’t want to read about your accomplishments and expensive vacations.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2023

Dear Abby: Relative’s cat raises a stink in our house

As woman recovers from injury, couple takes in her kitty, who shows gratitude by hissing, growling and urinating all over her room.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 12, 2023

Dear Abby: Husband asks me to care for his ill parents

He’d like to sell the current home and move in with them, but he has a full-time job, so his wife would have most of the responsibility for his mom with Alzheimer’s and his father with stage-4 cancer.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 11, 2023

Dear Abby: My gut says fiance’s’ ‘niece’ is really his kid

His ex-girlfriend is the mom and his brother supposedly is the dad, but dotes on the girl as though she were his own.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 10, 2023

Dear Abby: Should we attend party for relatives who ignore us?

Couple split on showing up for gender reveal on a side of the family that makes no effort to build relationships.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 9, 2023

Dear Abby: Son, 47, lives with us, acts like a teenager

Dad’s had enough of housing the man who makes a decent income but pays no rent or household bills.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 8, 2023

Dear Abby: Adult on dad’s medical plan bellyaches when asked to share cost

After the person rants on social media about the request, father is ready to remove the grown child from the insurance.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 7, 2023

Dear Abby: My son’s new wife makes no effort to know me

She might be upset with her mother-in-law for expressing concerns about the relationship.

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