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Wife’s passing leads to 2nd loss for spouse

DEAR ABBY: I am trying to come to terms with the passing of my wife, “Charlotte,” a month…

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Quarter-century marriage intimacy free

DEAR ABBY: I’m in a sexless 25-year marriage. It was not always this way, but any intimacy has…

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Dustup with manager builds workplace tension

DEAR ABBY: I’m a soft-spoken person. I work in a medical laboratory, and I am finally speaking up…

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Secret revealed as farm changes hands

DEAR ABBY: I need a second opinion. My grandfather sold me an old farmstead that has been in…

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WIfe withdraws from life to ‘find herself’

DEAR ABBY: After 28 years, my wife left me “to find herself.” She says she doesn’t want a…

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After loss, siblings fail to support their sister

DEAR ABBY: My husband passed away from COVID in 2021. A year later, after it was safe to…

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Parent keeping relatives at arm’s length

DEAR ABBY: I grew up in a big lower-class family in which there has always been drama, fights,…

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Freeloading boyfriend downer for woman

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with the same guy for almost five years. I was madly in love with…

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Past lessons still ring true today

DEAR ABBY: Years ago, I sat over lunch, reading your mom’s “Definition of Maturity.” It was shortly after…

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Demanding mom puts crimp in relationship

DEAR ABBY: I love my fiance, but his mother says, “Over my dead body will he move away…