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Dear Amy: I am a manager at my job. Last June, a new employee transferred from a different unit. She was very upset the first couple of days. She also had a fear of reporting to her new supervisor (not me) because she thought she "looked mean." I explained how I manage and how our team works. She was appreciative. She started bringing me breakfast in the morning. I asked her to stop ...April 10, 2024. Ask Natalie: Son wants to move back home but doesn't want to pay you rent? Had a baby and now your husband belittling everything you do? DEAR NATALIE: My 22-year-old son and his girlfriend want to move in with us to save money. They both work in the food industry and just can't seem to make ends meet.Dear Readers: A recent question from "Not So Empty Nest Mom" sought solutions on how to deal with her two adult daughters' stuff, which was currently filling the family garage after the daughters had left home. I asked readers to offer their own solutions, and this column is devoted to these suggestions. Dear Amy: I have two sons. Getting them to retrieve their treasures was a challenge ...Life Advice / Dear Abby / May 12, 2024. DEAR ABBY: I'm a 67-year-old father to a wonderful daughter. She has decided to stay with her boyfriend, who recently got out of jail for stealing $200,000 from his grandparents. Because of this, I do not want to leave her a large sum of money when I pass.Richard Montgomery on Apr 23, 2024. Dear Monty: Will all the changes in the real estate industry affect the multiple listing service in the future? Monty's Answer: What will happen to the MLSs is the day's question. The answers of seasoned industry followers, such as mainstream media, real estate agents, columnists, technologists and others ...Dear Amy: I made friends with "Bruce" at a yoga class about 10 years ago. We'd meet for classes and then grab dinner. I moved away about a year into the friendship, and we lost touch. Just before the pandemic, Bruce was visiting the city where I lived and looked me up. We grabbed dinner and he told me he had no close friends (his previous friends had ghosted him) and that he had ...Dear Abby is a renowned advice column that has been providing guidance on various aspects of life for over six decades. Founded by Pauline Phillips in 1956, the column is now writt...Bad-Tempered Sister-in-Law. Annie Lane on Feb 20, 2024. Dear Annie: I was close to all my brothers when we were growing up, especially because we had no extended family around. Our grandparents and aunts and uncles were quite a distance away. All of us really felt it, and the siblings always wanted spouses who could provide what we never had ...May 11, 2024 · Dear Amy: I have been walking buddies with a neighbor for the last 12 years. We walk together about once a week. While I usually enjoy our time, there have been unsettling emotional outbursts from her, either crying or screaming about one thing or another. She has even yelled at me personally, which was shocking and embarrassing to me, and I admit I have yelled back once or twice – and I am ...Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. For everything you need to know about wedding planning, order "How to Have a Lovely Wedding." Send your name and mailing address, plus check or ...Dear Amy: My sister and I don't get along well. In fact, my sister doesn't get along with most people. (Our mom always says, "You know how she is.") I can put up with her behavior only in spurts. Her husband, however, is wonderful. Here's the issue: Right now, my widowed mom, my husband and I live a couple of houses apart in a nice retirement community in the South. My sister (who ...Ask Amy: Parents respond to a hotline call. Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on Dec 27, 2023. Dear Amy: Six years ago, my two adult stepdaughters confronted us with their “concerns” that their mother and I knew that our 17-year-old son smoked marijuana. We did know about his pot use and clearly explained the steps we were …May 12, 2024 · Wedding Snubs and Dishwasher Dilemmas. Dear Annie: My husband and I have been together for 15 years. He has three children from a previous marriage. In the early days of our relationship, my nieces would often come and visit during the summers, and all the kids would play together. As everyone grew older, the visits lessened to just holidays.Newlywed Notices Husband's Attention Drifting. DEAR HARRIETTE: I got married to my husband about seven months ago after dating him for five years, and while I expected some adjustments in our relationship, I've been feeling a significant shift lately. It seems like my husband is pulling away, and it's leaving me feeling confused and insecure.Dear Amy: I've been assaulted by multiple men in my life, mostly in high school and college. I have been in extensive therapy to work through the lasting effects of these assaults. I'm very proud of the progress I've made. No one in my family is aware of my experiences, except for my grandmother. A couple years ago, out of the blue, she asked if these things had happened to me, since it ...Dear Natalie: I agree — but I also believe that in a family there is an additional category: Our problems. ===== (You can email Amy Dickinson at [email protected] or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.) ©2024 Amy Dickinson.DEAR HARRIETTE: I'm feeling a bit lost and hurt lately because my sister, who used to be my closest friend, seems to have disappeared since getting into a relationship with her new boyfriend. She's be... more. In Sense & Sensitivity, author Harriette Cole offers modern advice for contemporary problems—ranging from etiquette to relationships ...Dear Amy: My 12-year-old granddaughter, “Casey,” often stays with me during weekends. Casey has a friend from school who she has visited several times. She has had a sleepover at that friend’s house – with her mom's permission. I met the friend's mother briefly; I've only seen the friend from a distance. My granddaughter led me to …Congratulate him on his upcoming wedding. Let him tell you about his fiancee and their plans for the future. When the time is right, tell him that you do not think it is appropriate for you to attend his wedding -- for many reasons. While you are happy for him that he has found a life partner, you believe that your breakup is still too fresh ...1 day ago ... ... Natalie Gioia Brano ‎Kité Soufè by Captain ... Dear Gina di Kadhja Bonet Brano? Dxco3 ... Arcamax Forgeworld angron Euro 2020 final Gants de ...Annie Lane on Mar 6, 2024. Dear Annie: I have a son who's going to be 3 in August. He's been going through the "Terrible Twos," and as you can imagine, it's been terrible. His thing right now is that he will throw a fit, and then when he's done, he will wrap his arms around me and say, "I love you, Mommy!" Well, my husband's aunt has rolled ...Carolyn Hax: Wife of local celebrity chef is tired of ‘foodie groupies’. Her celebrity-chef husband rose to fame during their marriage, and she feels shoved aside by his groupies. By Carolyn ...DEAR MISS MANNERS: We live in a 55+ community on a golf course. One woman, who is very heavy, always wears a knee-high or above-the-knee skirt when golfing. She is actually the only woman here who does. When it comes time for her to pick up or put down her ball, all the men look away and the other women say nothing.Ask Amy: Empty-nester wants to clear out the nest. Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on Feb 17, 2024. Dear Amy: My husband and I have two daughters, ages 24 and 26. One lives in an apartment and works, and the other also lives in an apartment while she finishes graduate school. My question concerns their stuff.Dear Amy: I have an open relationship with “Brett,” my partnNormally, I might chalk up your husband's inability Dear Amy: Six years ago, my two adult stepdaughters confronted us with their "concerns" that their mother and I knew that our 17-year-old son smoked marijuana. We did know about his pot use and clearly explained the steps we were already undertaking in getting him the help he had recently requested. Our stepdaughters immediately alerted DCFS. A conviction would have destroyed our ... Life Advice / Dear Annie / Apr 22, 2024. Dear Annie: Over the years, Religion / Billy Graham / May 02, 2024. From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham. Q: COVID-19 has left an indelible mark on our way of life, causing widespread unrest in society and changes in social interactions, severely affecting human relations. Surely, it has done more damage than even the world wars.Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. For everything you need to know about wedding planning, order "How to Have a Lovely Wedding." Send your name and mailing address, plus check or ... Here is a sampling of the letters we received: Dear Annie: Pl

Life Advice / Dear Abby / May 14, 2024. DEAR ABBY: Our daughter-in-law is morally corrupt, egotistical and narcissistic. For almost a year she has been blatant about having an affair and has abused and disrespected our son and two of her three daughters. She has taken innumerable vacations over the years without our son.Apr 24, 2024 · April 10, 2024. Ask Natalie: Son wants to move back home but doesn’t want to pay you rent? Had a baby and now your husband belittling everything you do? DEAR NATALIE: My 22-year-old son and his girlfriend want to move in with us to save money. They both work in the food industry and just can’t seem to make ends meet.2 days ago · Annie Lane on May 24, 2024. Dear Annie: My son survived heroin addiction 18 years ago. He was quite young and only used the drug for around two years, but they were a terrifying two years. During that time, I helped enroll him in a methadone program, a live-in program (three times) and other programs. People around me were critical and told me ...Life Advice / Miss Manners / May 24, 2024. DEAR MISS MANNERS: I'm a 23-year-old lady with a 54-year-old father. At restaurants, he often makes comments to the waitresses, asking them if they're married or have a significant other. It terribly embarrasses me, because these questions are more creepy than he thinks.Dear Amy: I am the youngest of three siblings. I'm in my 60's. To avoid conflicts with my older sister, "Ann," I will say "good idea," but will do things my way, anyway. We live on opposite sides of the country and don't get along. My husband and I have a good, happy marriage. Ann's marriage is not always as happy, so she may be jealous. Her husband, "Bill," and my husband have ...

Dear Amy: My husband and I, along with a lot of other people our age, have not been able to recover from the pandemic. We are both active 75-year-olds and have been married 55 years. It seems like everyone's forgotten that most people over 65 are retired and have no young children. They don't have jobs and colleagues to return to. They don't have young children to keep them busy through ...Dear Amy: Sometimes, I want some help with a skill. For example: skiing. I'm a perfectly competent skier, but I know I have some quirks in my form, and some one-on-one targeted work with an instructor might help me to straighten them out. Ditto weight-lifting and physical training. My problem is that signing up for a lesson through a resort or a health club is such a roll of the dice. Half the ...…

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