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Ask Amy: I cut off contact with my mom after my son was born
Dear Amy: She is an extremely toxic person who doesn't respect any boundaries, and I decided it was more important to protect my son than try to have a relationship with her.
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Ask Amy: Husband is a terrible slob in the kitchen
Dear Amy: How do I get him to clean up after himself in the kitchen?
Ask Amy: I feel lost amid my divorce
Dear Amy: Since I filed for divorce, people are acting as if I have a virus.
Ask Amy: I want out of my marriage, but don’t want to lose my family
Dear Amy: I'm a 67-year-old man, married for over 40 years. I felt pressured into marrying my wife, all those years ago. We have two children, both middle-aged men.
Ask Amy: Biological connection reveals famous sibling
Dear Amy: Should I contact this famous person to let him know that I’m his sister – or should I take it to my grave?
Ask Amy: Widowed man falls for former sister-in-law
Dear Amy: I am a 60-year-old widowed man. My wife of over 30 years passed away four years ago after a long illness. My late-wife’s sister and I started spending time together about six months ago. We have many shared interests and have always gotten along very well.
Ask Amy: Should my brother be held accountable?
Dear Amy: I grew up in the ’60s in a Midwestern family where we were taught to repress our emotions. My parents were loving but detached, which offered my brother (who was two and a half years older) endless opportunities to torment me.
Ask Amy: Details emerge after soul mate’s death
Dear Amy: How do I grieve the man I was in love with when he was living a double life?
Ask Amy: I have serious concerns about new neighbors
Dear Amy: I suspect the mother is an alcoholic. Her actions are putting her two young daughters in danger.
Ask Amy: A mower blows, but this mower still mows
Dear Amy: I mow lawns as a side gig. Several months ago, my lawn mower quit working and one of the people I mow for (the “Smiths”) offered to let me use theirs.
Ask Amy: I’m ready to change my children’s last names
Dear Amy: I have two children, ages 5 and 10. I have been a single mother for the past four years after a decade of abuse from their father and a resulting restraining order. The court awarded me sole custody of the children. Unfortunately, both children have their father’s last name.
Ask Amy: Bridge player cuts off contact from group
Dear Amy: A year ago, one of the group abruptly cut all of us off. Through a series of texts and emails she told us that she can’t be friends with us anymore.
Ask Amy: How can I make my sibling understand?
Dear Amy: I was raised in a very abusive environment. The abuse was very seriously physical on my dad's side, and mentally and emotionally on my mom's.
Ask Amy: Parents won’t pay for wedding unless bride dyes her hair
Dear Amy: There’s a laundry list. It’s to the point that we’re about to elope without telling anyone.
Ask Amy: Bridesmaid harassed by groom at wedding
Dear Amy: While my friend was on the dance floor, her new husband approached me. He was quite drunk and started making sexual comments to me.
Ask Amy: I don’t love her as much as she loves me
Dear Amy: I enjoy her very much when I'm with her, but I don’t really miss her when we're apart.
Ask Amy: Sister won’t wash the sheets
Dear Amy: My wife and I bought a condo in downtown Chicago a couple of years ago. We are often not there and have offered its use to friends and family. Our only request is that guests leave the condo tidy when they depart. This includes washing the sheets for the beds they’ve used and remaking the beds.
Ask Amy: Friend never got tested for COVID
These latest strains of the Covid virus are spreading and so – as we enter another winter season, the responsible thing to do is to have tests on hand and to test yourself at the first sign of any symptoms, to notify others if you test positive, and to mask up when you’re sick or if you’ve been exposed to a known case of Covid, writes Amy Dickinson.
Ask Amy: I am NOT a morning person
Dear Amy: Talking in the morning, or any noise, smell, or stimulation really, isn't just annoying but actually more akin to painful. It’s like nails on a chalkboard, or being pinched – it elicits an involuntary reaction of cringe and a desire to retreat.
Ask Amy: Friend plans to lose her home, gain an RV
Dear Amy: I want to know how to express my concerns. Or should I just be happy for her?