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DEAR ABBY: My 40-year-old daughter is on weight-loss injections and a no-sugar diet. I offered to bake her a sugar-free cheesecake for her birthday, and she agreed, but she asked me to make a ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m blessed at 38 to have my first and likely only grandbaby. She’s perfect. My daughter, “Robin,” is stressed.

Dear Abby advises a woman who has noticed that her grandchild has a lazy eye, but hasn’t brought it up to her daughter because of postpartum depression.

DEAR ABBY: I have been having a friend-with-benefits relationship with a man I’ll call “Gene.” We are both in our 70s. He lives an hour away, and we see each other once a month.

DEAR ABBY: I always considered my lifelong friend “Mary” to be my BEST friend. We are in our mid-50s now and live in different countries, but we’ve always stayed in contact. When she comes ...

Advice Dear Abby: You’re not going to hell for loving and accepting your dad, despite what your husband says Published: Jun. 19, 2025, 4:00 a.m.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a widow. My partner died 10 months ago. We were together for seven years but never married. I have now found a partner who is 12 years younger than I am. We love each other and ...

Advice Dear Abby: Husband chickens out when it’s time to defend abuse-survivor wife from touchy mother-in-law Published: Jun. 16, 2025, 5:30 a.m.

Dear Abby: Why wait a year to start dating after losing my wife? As I’ve begun spending time with a woman, my late wife’s family has grown distant, and others have told me to slow down. But I ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m blessed at 38 to have my first and likely only grandbaby. She’s PERFECT. My daughter, “Robin,” is stressed. She’s left alone with the baby all day, every day while her ...

Dear Abby: Daughter gave me an earful for baking 'wrong' cake Brouhaha over baked goods left the birthday girl, 40, irate. I called her ungrateful. Was I wrong? By Abigail Van Buren ...