DEAR ABBY: I’ve been a hairstylist for 37 years. My niece is getting married in two months. Four months ago, my sister-in-law asked me to do her hair for the wedding, and I agreed. Related Articles ...

Dear Annie: I’ve recently learned that much of my life was built on secrets. My mother, who now has dementia, doesn’t realize that she’s started to confess things she hid for decades. I have two ...

Dear Annie: I think my partner is slipping away from me, and I do not know how to reach for her without breaking both our hearts. My wife, “Laura,” is 68. We have been together for 40 years. She has ...

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DEAR ABBY: While we were attending a friend’s family barbecue, “Willa,” a young mother of four, drank too much and became ill. Drugs may have been involved. Related Articles Dear Abby: I’m ...

(Annie Lane is off this week. The following column was first published in 2022.) Dear Annie: I have a friend, “Marcy,” whom I’ve known for about six years through a mutual group of acquaintances. She ...

Dear Abby gives advice to a reader who wants to reveal to her 74-year-old cousin that he was actually adopted. WavebreakMediaMicro - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: My wife and I stopped having sexual ...

DEAR ABBY: Our family is already picking out items they want after my wife and I pass. They bring the subject up at every gathering. They have even started marking the items they want. My wife and I ...

Dear Annie: Now that my youngest left for college, everyone keeps telling me I’ve “entered my freedom era.” The truth is, I feel anything but free. I miss the chaos of packed lunches, carpool ...

Dear Abby: Our 20-year-old son works full time and lives with us. He doesn’t do any household chores or pay us anything, not even his car insurance (which he agreed to pay). He then moved his ...

Dear Readers: Thanksgiving has a way of sneaking up on us, doesn’t it? One minute we’re rushing through the year, taking the kids to games and meeting deadlines, and the next we’re standing over ...

Dear, 67, was repeatedly found mentally unfit to stand trial over the past decade Sean Neumann has more than a decade of experience working as a reporter, with a focus on sports and entertainment news ...