DEAR ABBY: My 18-year-old daughter has just graduated from high school. She has now informed me that she’s not going on to college, like we had previously discussed, and becomes upset when we try to talk to her. My question is, should we let her make her own decision about this — and pay for […]

DEAR ABBY: Our son-in-law, “Brody,” has a very different lifestyle than ours and the one in which we raised our daughter. I pointed it out to her while they were dating, and she was not pleased. I decided to say no more and try to accept him as best as possible, although I admit my […]

DEAR ABBY: My husband works full-time, and when he gets home, and also on weekends, he’s ”exhausted” and needs to relax. He’s in bed by 8 every night, and on the weekends, if we don’t have something planned, he lies in bed all day napping and watching TV. However, when he realizes he has a […]

DEAR ABBY: Our daughters aren’t speaking. One says she really doesn’t ”like” the other. These are mature women who have had their differences throughout their lives. But they have tolerated each other, one more than the other. The older one claims her sister posted not-so-nice things about her. The younger one threatens not to attend […]

DEAR ABBY: My mom passed away two years ago. Because she was cremated, there is no grave site to pay tribute to her. She lived in Rhode Island; I live in Florida. My roommate’s mother passed last year, and she was buried here in Florida. On Mother’s Day, I wanted to pay respects to both […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single 38-year-old woman. I haven’t been in a relationship in more than 10 years because of school, work and kids. Lately, since I graduated, I have been on a string of blind dates. Men seem to want to hold my hand, touch my hair, stroke my arm, etc. right away. When […]