Dear Abby: Girlfriend needs us to maneuver to the center of

DEAR ABBY: My girlfriend and I've been collectively occurring two years, and I really feel like I wish to marry her. I feel I may spend the remainder of my life along with her. I've already requested her father. Recently she informed me she needs to maneuver nearer to her household. They stay in the course of nowhere, and the one metropolis near them has extraordinarily poor job prospects for each of us. As of proper now they’re a four-hour drive away from us, which I feel is an inexpensive distance. We moved right here solely six months in the past, and now she’s clamoring to get again nearer to residence. To complicate issues, I desire

Dear Abby: I’m completely happy being alone, so spare me your pity

DEAR ABBY: I’m a middle-aged lady who has survived a 30-year poisonous relationship with a covert narcissist. I'm now blessed to have the ability to divorce him and get remedy for his emotional abuse. I've six wonderful grown kids. I’m additionally a sophomore in school and have a part-time job. This is the primary time in my life I'm able to really do issues on my own. To say the least, I'm busy. Most of the time, I take pleasure in it — procuring, motion pictures and even eating out. However, for some purpose (particularly whereas eating out), I get undesirable expressions of sympathy for being alone. Strangers remark about how unhappy it's to see

Dear Abby: Can a girl 21 years youthful actually love me?

DEAR ABBY: I've been seeing a girl who's 21 years youthful than I'm. She says she loves me, however I'm hesitant due to our age distinction. We have recognized one another for years. She had a crush on me when she was 16, however I used to be married on the time, and he or she was too younger. We made love a few occasions when she was in her 20s as a result of I used to be divorced and he or she was single. Now it’s 10 years later. I’m in my late 50s; she’s in her 30s. We are each single, and he or she needs to care for me for the remainder

Dear Abby: Man main teenagers’ tenting journey retains a secret —

DEAR ABBY: My father is in his 70s and lives shut by. My brother and his household stay throughout the nation. Dad has smoked for greater than 60 years, and an incident along with his hypertension not too long ago landed him within the hospital. He’s purported to be on treatment, however he refuses to take it. He claims his pastime of taking part in the trumpet retains his lungs wholesome and up to date modifications in his food regimen have solved the blood stress points. Neither of this stuff appear more likely to me, and he has not been again to the physician. Dad hides his situation from everybody. I do know solely as

Dear Abby: Should I invite son’s lower-class buddies to our

DEAR ABBY: My 13-year-old son performs on an area journey sports activities workforce. Many of his teammates could possibly be thought-about decrease class or decrease center class. We reside in an expensive dwelling. We don’t flaunt it, and we’re not snobbish. All of the youngsters and the dad and mom get alongside, and socioeconomic standing performs no function in our interactions. My son invited a number of of his teammates over for a number of hours, and from the expressions on their faces, it was clear that they had by no means seen a house like ours. They behaved like excellent gents and had been a pleasure to have over. My mom instructed that it will

Dear Abby: I want we hadn’t married, man tells spouse of 30

DEAR ABBY: Just months earlier than our 30th marriage ceremony anniversary, my husband informed me he doesn’t love me and by no means wished to marry me. I'm past devastated. I really feel I've wasted the perfect years of my life. We have two lovely daughters who're my every part. When he revealed this information to me, it turned my life the other way up. I don’t know methods to course of it or what to do. I've spent years begging him to be extra affectionate and loving. I all the time assumed he simply didn’t know methods to present love. It by no means crossed my thoughts that he has by no means beloved

Dear Abby: My husband’s brother must get out of our

DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law has been residing with my husband and me for 3 years. We have been serving to him out for about 11 of our 15 years of marriage. I don’t need him right here anymore. My husband tells me that I should be affected person. I believe I've been affected person lengthy sufficient. My cousin mentioned to provide his brother an ultimatum, however he has a mood, and he doesn’t have regular arguments. He doesn’t hit, however he routinely yells. Because of that, I've been avoiding points with him which have been bugging me. How ought to I am going about telling my husband it’s his brother or me? — WANTS HIM