DEAR ABBY: I have been hosting Thanksgiving for most of my married life — 44 years. When my children married, I told them we could celebrate all the holidays whenever and wherever they chose, but I wanted Thanksgiving. Two years ago, my daughter-in-law asked to spend Thanksgiving with her parents and sister, and I reluctantly […]

DEAR ABBY: Have you any advice for handling nostalgia? While it can be pleasant, lately I have been getting very down when I think about my past. I’m sad that I can never relive those experiences, and I’m wondering what’s wrong with my life now that makes me feel this way. I’m 25 and have […]

DEAR ABBY: Eleven years ago my husband had a prostatectomy, which left him impotent. His sex drive dropped from 100 to zero. I have told him many times I don’t care what he can or can’t do. I have also told him I married him in sickness and health, and if this is the worst […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m retiring at the end of this year after 50 years of full-time employment and I’m very excited about it. Looking back over my life, I see there have been several life-changing events … marriage, the births of our children, buying a home and, now, retirement. My wife gets irritated every time I […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been married 40 years, and it’s just the two of us. I work full time and make a good living. We have a large house in a great neighborhood. My problem is my wife. She hasn’t worked throughout almost all of our marriage and has to be the laziest person I […]

DEAR ABBY: My father is expecting his seventh child with his current “fiancee.” I am the oldest of six girls; this child is expected to be a son. His fiancee is 11 years my junior — 33 years younger than my father. I recently started a family and have two children under the age of […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been happily married for 30 years. Many years ago I found out, inadvertently, that my wife is adopted. (My wife has no siblings, and her parents died when she was in college.) Concerned that she might not know about it, I contacted senior members of her family to confirm. They all […]

DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced mother with an 11-year-old daughter. My boyfriend, “John,” and I have been together for two years and we’re serious. He is also divorced, with a 13-year-old daughter. We have tried to be sensitive and understanding about their feelings about our recent divorces and our relationship, but both girls are […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband a little over a year. He’s a wonderful man, but I feel he’s a little too attached to his mother. She lives about 20 minutes away, and he wants to go visit her almost every day. His mother is a very negative person. She isn’t mean […]

DEAR ABBY: “Lest we forget” — these three simple, but very meaningful words are a reminder TO ALWAYS REMEMBER the sacrifices made for our freedom. I recently read about a Vietnam veteran who will never forget Memorial Day in 1970. He was wounded in the jungles on that day, fighting for his life with his […]