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Loving My Daughter, Struggling With Her Choices Aug. 30, 2025
Dear Annie: My daughter will be 26 this year. Her father and I divorced when she was 14. I feel like... Read More
A Father's Love and His Daughter's Demands Jun. 28, 2025
Dear Annie: My husband will be 60 on his next birthday, and despite having asthma, he's in very good... Read More
Showing Up After Silence Jun. 12, 2025
Dear Annie: A couple I've been friends with for over 20 years is about to celebrate their daughter's... Read More
Learning to Love From Afar Jun. 11, 2025
Dear Annie: I'm 63 years old, and I live alone in a quiet little house with my dog, Rosie. I like to... Read More
Keeping Hope Alive After a Family Rift May. 16, 2025
Dear Annie: I'm struggling with how to move forward after my adult daughter, "Rachel," cut me off tw... Read More
For the Mothers Who Didn't Have To Be May. 09, 2025
Last weekend I visited my aunt and uncle. Their 30-plus acres tucked into the foothills of Appalachi... Read More
Suspecting My Daughter of Stealing Mar. 07, 2025
Dear Annie: I have noticed things missing in my house. After visiting my daughter's house, I have no... Read More
Widow Struggles With Daughter's Distant Behavior Dec. 26, 2024
Dear Annie: I have three children, a son and two daughters. I am a widow, and my family has always b... Read More
Daughter Believes Ex-Husband's Lies Sep. 06, 2024
Dear Annie: My soon-to-be ex started spreading lies about me in the spring of 2021, telling people I... Read More
Daughter Spreads Her Wings Aug. 25, 2024
Dear Annie: My daughter and her father and I were always close. We talked daily, telling one another... Read More
Baggage With Daughter Keeps Grandma From Her Grandsons Mar. 30, 2024
Dear Annie: I have eight beautiful grandchildren. I have been blessed to help care for six of them f... Read More
Daughter Invites Bad Ex-Boyfriend on Birthday Vacation Mar. 23, 2024
Dear Annie: My daughter broke up with her boyfriend several months ago. She just recently hooked bac... Read More
Husband Lacks Experience Parenting Autistic Daughter Mar. 19, 2024
Dear Annie: My daughter is 8 years old and was recently diagnosed with autism. She was just diagnose... Read More
Daughter Driving Drives Mom Crazy Jan. 13, 2024
Dear Annie: My daughter, "Emily," has been dating "Ben" for almost two years. Ben is a great guy, as... Read More
Mom Declines Daughter's Sleepover Request Dec. 29, 2023
Dear Annie: My 16-year-old daughter is relentless in begging me to have a sleepover with her boyfrie... Read More
A Mother Retaliates to Daughters' Snubs Dec. 05, 2023
Dear Annie: Are you aware that, according to experts, approximately 25% of adult children do not spe... Read More
Daughter's Wedding Vision Is Not Up To Par Nov. 26, 2023
Dear Annie: My daughter will be getting married in a couple of weeks. This is her second marriage. T... Read More
Desperate to Better My Relationship With My Daughter Oct. 27, 2023
Dear Annie: I have been married for 32 years to my husband, who has three children from his prior ma... Read More
Feeling the Sting of Supporting Daughter's Family Jul. 26, 2023
Dear Annie: My husband and I have a 34-year-old daughter who has lived with us all her life (except ... Read More
Blessed With Beautiful Daughter Jul. 10, 2023
Dear Annie: I love your column and read it faithfully in my newspaper in Connecticut. A few months a... Read More
