Dear Gabby

Hi Rome Power: I don’t get that you could or will follow my advice. You just can’t get out of your mess from here. You are as they say, enroute to crashing and burning and you have yet to hit bottom. It hasn’t cost you enough yet. It appears to me that you will try and hurt her and her husband becau...

Hi Josh: I've been in profound and intimate communication with hundreds of people who have cheated. At the beginning of each conversation most share their many reasons for cheating. Without exception each honestly and sincerely believe that their reasons are the truth. During the conversation they d...

Dear Abby: My husband, "Nick," can't understand why our 10-year-old son, "Tony," is "hard" of hearing" when he talks to him. Maybe it's because Nick talks so loud that our son tunes him out. I suggested that Nick ask Tony why he doesn't listen to him, but Nick gets mad at me and insists that he MUST...

Dear Abby: After 34 years of marriage, I learned that my husband was cheating with a woman three years older than our son. The hurt was terrible and the embarrassment was horrendous. Not as much for me, but for people who did not know how to console me. With a death, friends can be sorry and there i...

Dear Ann Landers: I adore my husband. We have been married for eight years and have two beautiful daughters. We feel our marriage is unique and that God brought us together. So, what is the problem? My husband would like sex every night. Once a week is enough for me. With two young children, I do no...

Yes, I agree 09 Apr Guest. And, there is a way to extract oneself from interactions with someone with whom you are unable to experience mutually satisfying communications, it's called serving. To simply stop interacting with someone is unethical. It's controlling. It keeps you and them incomplete. I...

Hi WhatWillBeWillBe: There's something about your acknowledgment that doesn't feel quite right. Re: "WOW, the two of you are something else. Thanks Gabby, for your informative words. They have helped me understand immensely." Your words, "something else" could be a covert way of saying, you are both...

Hi …kidding…:

Thank you for your willingness to communicate.

Gabby

Hi …kidding…: “Me thinks thou dos’t protest too much.” :cry: I find that when someone gets as upset as you have, reading about responsibility, it’s indicative that the person has something in their life for which they have yet to accept responsibility. An incident, a conversation, a relationship-out...

Hi N.O.Y.B: I get my "fetish" is a bit hard to get. It appears you have a charge on the word "addiction." Once you get that being addicted doesn't mean anything then the truth can come out and you can begin to observe your addictions instead of being in denial. From observation one begins to have ch...

Dear Ann Landers: I have been dating an attractive woman for several months, and we have a good relationship. There is one big problem, however. "Lucinda" smokes more than a pack of cigarettes a day. When we first began dating, I told her I did not want to be in the company of anyone who smokes. Aft...

Dear Abby: My friend Natalie recently called to ask me to be in her wedding. I agreed, of course. Abby, Natalie is making a huge mistake. They have nothing in common. He drinks a lot and smokes. She doesn't. He puts her down about her weight. She loves children. He doesn't. I could go on and on. She...

Dear Ann Landers: I was engaged to marry a man in Arkansas. Instead of a ring, he gave me a secondhand car that was in good condition because he knew I didn’t care for jewelry and needed transportation. I broke the engagement a few weeks ago when he informed me that we would have to live with his mo...

Dear Abby: My brother "Pete" is married to "June," an opinionated big-mouth who never has a kind word to say to anybody. She frequently berates Pete and other members of our family. This behavior is disturbing to the entire family, especially to our mother. My other brother, "Seth," was sentenced to...

DEAR ABBY: My 79-year-old father visits our home and loves to work on projects like trimming bushes and repairing things. He gets very sweaty and takes frequent breaks by coming in the house and sitting in his favorite chair, my cherished fabric covered recliner. After his visits my chair smells of ...