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Ask Amy: A child’s question yields vague answers
Dear Amy: My partner “Michael’s” father, “Ned” walked out on their family when Michael was a teenager. It was a nasty divorce, leaving behind many emotional and financ… → Read More
Ask Amy: Loved ones’ deaths weigh heavily on retired firefighter
Also: COVID-19 pandemic brings back memories of mother who died in 1957 pandemic after child passed along virus. → Read More
Ask Amy: Wife leaves town, female business partner shows up, neighbors wonder whether to say something
Also: Man wonders whether to leave toilet seat up or down after using non-gender specific public restroom. → Read More
Ask Amy: How do I ask my volatile sister to give me some space?
Also: Should I tell my friend about seeing his wife hand-in-hand with another man? → Read More
Ask Amy: Should brother’s wife be told that family members say he molested them as children?
Also: I want to marry my boyfriend, but not his debt and financial carelessness. → Read More
Ask Amy: Couple disagrees on whether it’s rude to interrupt someone who’s texting or emailing
Also: Is it gauche to show up at a large family meal with containers for leftovers? → Read More
Ask Amy: One of my co-workers attempted suicide, and I'm not sure what to say to him
We are friendly, but not exactly close. I want to be respectful of his privacy, but I also want to let him know he is valued. Should I just pretend → Read More
Ask Amy: I am terribly shy with everyone, especially girls. How can I start a conversation?
Echoed again and again is the advice to “pay a compliment.” I read your column, so I know that unsolicited compliments don’t seem to be the way to a woman’s → Read More
Ask Amy: Boss’s affair affects office morale
Amy Dickinson gives advice in her latest column. → Read More
Kids take a back seat when grandfather needs care
I feel as if I have lost my parents until my grandfather passes. → Read More
Husband is spinning fiction at writers’ workshop
I recently found out that my husband has been exchanging texts with another married woman who he met in a writing workshop. → Read More
Granddaughters’ larceny creates family chaos
I do not like lying like this, but I also don’t like being accused of being absent-minded when I am not. → Read More
Man’s mother bullies him over his weight
Every time I see my mom she tells me how fat I am. → Read More
Mother wonders why son’s girlfriend stays away
My son's girlfriend never comes to our home – he always goes to her house. → Read More
Red flags of infidelity fly over this household
My boyfriend suddenly started hiding his phone and going out more without me. → Read More
Grandma might be drinking again
In the last seven or eight months we have noticed that she seems to be drinking again. → Read More
Divorce can be the best option
I’m a 30-something whose parents (both in their 60s) are on the edge of divorce. → Read More
Parents reject new in-laws on moral grounds
I am reluctant to tell my son why his father and I do not want to go over to his in-laws. → Read More
Life in a new town brings invitations for shake downs
I was just invited to a graduation party for a child I’ve never met. → Read More
Mom feels lonely and rejected on Mother’s Day
This past Mother’s Day broke my heart. → Read More