[ad_1] Dear Amy: My 26-year-old son has been dating a girl for more than two years. We all get along really well. My husband and I recently moved two hours away and have stayed at their apartment approximately five times over the past eight months. We only stay one night and usually take them out […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: My 8-year-old niece is having trouble coping with and sorting out her feelings. She is confused by her mother’s abandonment of the family home and by her mother’s very erratic behavior. One moment, her mother makes scenes over her two children not loving her, and then the next moment she is sending […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: My daughter was recently married. We didn’t meet her wife in person until the week of their wedding, and then they went back to Europe for work, where they both served in the military. They both just moved back to the States and are living with us while my daughter finishes an […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: My friend “Annie” and I are both in our mid-20’s and love musicals. We decided to travel to New York in October to see a few shows. The tickets were fairly pricey, so I was planning on saving money by staying with a friend who lives in the city. I thought my […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: I am incredibly hurt by not being invited to either of my two employees’ baby showers. It’s just the three of us in this office. Because of my choice to provide growth and creative opportunities for these employees, as well as flexibility and generous compensation and benefits — my life is pretty […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: I graduated from college 45 years ago. I belonged to a sorority. I had five close friends, two of which I kept in contact with over the years. The other three drifted away my senior year when I took a semester abroad. Despite my efforts to stay in touch, they never wrote […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: In my mailbox today was a credit card bill addressed to my husband with a sticky note attached. Our next-door neighbor (she has a mailbox next to ours at the end of our driveway) explained that the piece of mail had been misdirected and she sliced open this bill, not knowing it […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: I have been with my husband for 29 years. For the most part, we are happy and compatible. However, over the last three years he has changed course on me. What I mean is that we were both Christians, until he embraced a New Age philosophy that is in no way compatible […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: My daughter-in-law is extremely close to her family and although she tries to show affection for us, it’s only out of obligation. A few years ago, I purchased a very expensive handbag (which I couldn’t afford) as a Christmas gift for her. On occasions I’ve been asked to clean their house and […]

[ad_1] Dear Amy: I attend a wonderful writers’ group with six people at our library. Our problem is that one individual there is hijacking the meetings by interrupting and talking so much that she dominates the entire time we have together. None of us get a chance to ask for feedback on our writing or […]