I have suspected for many years that my son is gay. I don’t understand why he would feel he can’t talk to me about his ...

Today's advice from Dear Abby. DEAR ABBY: I have been seeing my partner, “Gil,” for five years. After my husband passed, Gil ...

DEAR ABBY: I need help! I am a 50-plus-year-old, married, well-educated woman. I am also a kleptomaniac and I’m not proud of it. It started a few years back when I accidentally left an item in ...

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DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of three girls, 25, 21 and about to be 15. My youngest has always lived with me. Her father and I separated when she was 1. They always had a good relationship. Over the ...

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DEAR ABBY: I recently separated from my wife and have developed feelings for someone new, “Maria.” However, Maria has mentioned that she’s currently dating someone. Despite this, we talk ...

Dear Abby: My 19-year-old son, who is on the spectrum but high-functioning, has left home. He’s legally an adult but wouldn’t allow me to teach him normal survival skills, such as balancing a ...

Dear Abby: I live in a very small town. My husband died a year ago and, since then, I have felt like some of these people are angry with me. Six months after he died, I had what my therapist ...

DEAR ABBY: I went to dinner with a friend who had told me a couple of years ago that he was an alcoholic and had gone into rehab. Since that time, I have had doubts about his sobriety due to his ...

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, and she agreed, but she asked me to make a “tester” cake ...