Dear Abby: Man may have skipped coursework on decency
DEAR ABBY: Our wonderful daughter has her doctorate. She's a hardworking professor, a job she loves. Her husband, "Phil," has three master's degrees and also his doctorate.
Dear Abby: Straight women keep trying to flip gay man
DEAR ABBY: I'm a 41-year-old gay man. Although I was raised in a conservative, religious family, I'm out of the closet and proud to be living as myself. For much of my adult life, I have attracted mostly women.
Dear Abby: Husband’s porn habit leaves wife feeling inadequate
DEAR ABBY: My husband looks at pornography. I find it disgusting and it turns me off. I feel that if he has to look at it, it means I'm not good enough or sexy enough for him.
Dear Abby: Fiance’s demanding mom puts a crimp in relationship
DEAR ABBY: I love my fiance, but his mother says, "Over my dead body will he move away from me." She has cancer. It seems she wants to create as much strife as possible between my fiance and me.
Dear Abby: Husband’s detour into drug abuse may be grounds for divorce
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for three years, together for eight. We have two kids together.
Dear Abby: Wife’s caring nature has her plate overflowing
DEAR ABBY: My wife, "Connie," is an angel. She takes care of her aging father as well as my sister, who suffers from Alzheimer's.
Dear Abby: Brother dreads being asked to be best man
DEAR ABBY: My brother recently called to tell me he had proposed to his girlfriend, and she happily accepted. While I'm glad he is happy, I'm worried about what to do if he asks me to be his best man.
Dear Abby: Ex-wife uses gifts to disrupt visitation
DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Buddy," did some HVAC work for some friends of ours. My husband paid upfront ($600) for the expenses. He sent them an invoice, and the husband replied, "No worries, Buddy. I'll reach out to you next week."
Dear Abby: Friend consistently flakes out on social engagements
I'm a widow. I have a friend I'll call "Greta," whom I have known since high school. I was very shy back then. She was more outgoing, but our group of friends was small. Over the years, I have become more outgoing, while Greta seems to be withdrawing socially.
Dear Abby: Wife finds it difficult to accept husband’s past
DEAR ABBY: After 17 years of marriage, I learned that when he was 22, my husband had a long-term relationship with a 16-year-old. He insisted she lied about her age.
