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Dear Abby: My girlfriend likes hanging out with single neighbor, despite his odd habits

Boyfriend is troubled by the time she spends talking to the much younger guy fond of lurking outside his house and sitting in the street.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 18, 2023

Dear Abby: A meatloaf recipe for dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow

Reader has been enjoying the entree for years.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 17, 2023

Dear Abby: Should I leave bad husband now or when kids grow up?

Neglectful man’s wife considers ditching him for a nicer guy but doesn’t want to harm her children.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 16, 2023

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Dear Abby: As I mourn, may I ask friends to send no birthday cards?

The two siblings often celebrated their big days together, but this year the occasion brings only dread.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2023

Dear Abby: My boyfriend is teaching his adult children to be freeloaders

Woman is troubled that the two siblings, 27 and 21, expect Dad to pay for everything during family vacations.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 14, 2023

Dear Abby: I’m worried my daughter’s boyfriend has an unhealthy future

She doesn’t seem to understand the potential challenges of being with a kind but obese man.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 13, 2023

Dear Abby: Once I had compassion for my alcoholic husband, but now I’m just angry

Woman considers her future with a man who’s loving by day but unpleasant at night.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 12, 2023

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Dear Abby: Daughter expects me to watch her child every day

Grandma with medical issues is told she can’t see the boy unless she agrees to the daily caretaking.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2023

Dear Abby: Some mourners want stability, and some want change

Readers respond to woman troubled by the way her brother’s widow quickly got rid of his clothes and started redecorating the house

Chicago Sun-Times · May 9, 2023

Dear Abby: My husband doesn’t get that his parents’ visits stress me out

Rude in-laws prefer to stay in their son’s house, where their behavior send his wife’s anxiety into the next dimension.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 8, 2023

Dear Abby: Life improved after late diagnosis of eye problem

Learning he had ‘convergence insufficiency disorder’ helped explain the school problems from man’s youth.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 7, 2023

Dear Abby: Without asking me, sister takes heirlooms from our late mother

The siblings were supposed to divide Mom’s jewelry, but one was more grabby than the other.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2023

Dear Abby: The amazing man I want to marry fears commitment

Burned earlier by an ex, he has turned down two proposals from his current girlfriend.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2023

Dear Abby: Should I tell son his wife has been stealing our meds?

Parents worry that if they accuse their daughter-in-law of swiping Adderall, she will turn her husband and children against them.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2023

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Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2023

Dear Abby: Asked to keep a secret, I did and angered my wife

She’s furious that husband didn’t tell her their son’s fiancee has a child on the way, which would have broken a confidence.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 2, 2023

Dear Abby: Man, 40, hasn’t dated in decades, yearns for a wife

His love life stopped when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 15; now he’s well but lacks the self-confidence to talk to women.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 1, 2023

Dear Abby: Is it cheating if nothing physical ever happened?

Girlfriend insists her secret visits and conversations with another man don’t count as an affair.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 30, 2023

Dear Abby — Man keeps secret from fiance: He has kids from donating sperm

Upset that he never told her about this arrangement with friends, she’s putting the marriage on hold

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Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 29, 2023

Dear Abby: I’m ashamed of myself for eating to combat pain

Out-of-control appetite has resulted in major weight gain.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 28, 2023

Dear Abby: Brother should be like me, visit our mom often

He makes a daily phone call but skipped his mother’s 100th birthday party and never stops by to see her.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 26, 2023

Dear Abby: My ex lives with us, but daughter wants her out

She refuses to get a job, and last time she was on her own, she ended up homeless

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 25, 2023

Dear Abby: If we sell house, I can leave, but husband resists

The 34-year marriage is crumbling as the man is unkind to his spouse’s sons and practices the silent treatment, but he says he’d rather burn down the home than split the sale proceeds.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 24, 2023

Dear Abby: I hear neighbor yelling, cursing at his little kids

Reader concerned about nephews, ages 4 and 2, who live upstairs with short-tempered brother-in-law.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 23, 2023

Dear Abby: As friend marries widower, I’m suspicious about how his other wives died

There’s no evidence that he caused their deaths, but it’s hard to trust a 50-year-old man who’s been unfaithful and widowed twice.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 22, 2023

Dear Abby: Fiance often ditches me to help his immature sister

The woman overreacts to minor problems and relies on her family to fix things that a capable adult would handle herself.

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