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Navigating Family Rules and Friendship Fears May. 25, 2025
Dear Annie: I'm a brokenhearted Nana who could really use your advice. I have a 10-month-old grandso... Read More
Lifelong Friend's Drinking Is Driving Me Away May. 24, 2025
Dear Annie: My best friend and I, both 54-year-old females, met two weeks before kindergarten. Excep... Read More
Family Keeps Waking Me Up and Wearing Me Down May. 23, 2025
Dear Annie: I've worked as a night-shift nurse for the past six years and have always struggled with... Read More
Outgrowing Old Bonds May. 22, 2025
Dear Annie: I'm 27 and recently moved back to my small hometown after nearly a decade away. I took a... Read More
Caring for an Aging Parent Who Won't Cooperate May. 21, 2025
Dear Annie: I'm an only child in my early 40s, and I'm at my wits' end trying to care for my 74-year... Read More
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DEAR SUSAN: I've been reading a lot of letters in your column about child support. How about a kid's... Read More
Breaking Up Without Breaking Him May. 20, 2025
Dear Annie: I've been with my boyfriend for over three years. We met when I was a freshman in high s... Read More
Give Her Space, but Be Ready in Case May. 20, 2025
DR. WALLACE: My closest girlfriend just met a guy at the end of the school year who is, shall I say,... Read More
Love Met With Silence May. 19, 2025
Dear Annie: I never thought I would be in this position, but I have become estranged from my adult d... Read More
You're Right, but Keep Mom and Dad Happy May. 19, 2025
DR. WALLACE: I'm a girl who is a junior in high school, and after spending my first two years at the... Read More
Love, Boundaries and the Thermostat May. 18, 2025
Dear Annie: I'm really struggling with how to handle my daughter's relationship. She's in her early ... Read More
Lunch Lady for a Day May. 17, 2025
Sometimes, I pretend to be a lunch lady. I volunteer for shifts helping out at my boys' elementary s... 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
When a Loved One Refuses Help May. 15, 2025
Dear Annie: I am concerned that my wife has given up on life and there is nothing I can do to help. ... Read More
Seeking Peace With Sisters May. 14, 2025
Dear Annie: After living in separate cities for most of our adult lives, my older sister moved just ... Read More
Rough Edges, Real Love May. 13, 2025
Dear Annie: I am a 26-year-old woman deeply in love with someone my parents can't stand. He's not wh... Read More
You Must Buy Them Right Away! May. 13, 2025
DR. WALLACE: I'm a teenager living with my single mother. I'm an only child, and my mom has a steady... Read More
Grandparenting Without Rivalry May. 12, 2025
Dear Annie: I'm a mom to a wonderful adult daughter, and we've always had a close bond. We live in t... Read More
Should I Act on What I've Heard and Observed? May. 12, 2025
DR. WALLACE: I'm a junior in high school, and I've noticed something going on within our family that... Read More
The Many Faces of Motherhood May. 11, 2025
Dear Readers: Mother's Day arrives each year draped in flowers, breakfast trays and hand-drawn cards... Read More
