Dear Abby helps a woman with a friend who has fallen into financial troubles and another with a family conflict.

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The word 'tense' comes from 'tempus', the Latin word for time. Some languages like Mandarin Chinese don’t have verb tenses but express time in different ways. When writing, it’s important to ...

Dear Abby advises a woman who doesn't know if she should give up on a friendship because her friend barely reaches out to her. insta_photos - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: Fifteen years ago, after ...

DEAR ANNIE: My relationship with my mother has been deeply strained since my grandmother’s death five years ago. My mother and I were her primary caregivers, and I loved my grandmother dearly.

And the person who does that? Well, Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) is not happy with whoever it is. Then, during the course of the team’s case, Dhan (Karan Oberoi) is shot, and his husband Ethan (Lee ...

You are the closest I have come to encountering a time traveler or multiverser. In my time, we are only up to two world wars, not 11. Also, I cannot wrap my head around soldiers who HAVE BEEN in ...

DEAR ANNIE: My adult son and his wife have decided not to have children, which I’ve accepted, though it saddens me deeply. Earlier this year, they told me my son donated sperm to his wife’s ...

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