Dear Annie: My daughter has two wonderful little boys, ages 2 and 1, with a man who has proven time and time again to be unfaithful. My daughter is 24 and dated "Marcus" in high school. He seemed like a nice enough young man. He went off to college and ended up losing his scholarship due to …

Dear Annie: My wife is a synagogue president, which is a highly visible position.

Dear Annie: My partner was made disabled last year and is confined to a wheelchair. At the moment, he is in the hospital and has been since last August. When he was in the spinal unit, I only saw him three days a week but would FaceTime every day. Now that he is closer to me, he wants me to …

Dear Annie: I'm potentially facing an aggressive and lethal type of cancer (esophageal), for which I'm being biopsied next week. I've known about this for just a few weeks. My former pastor and his wife were my friends, though there's been a noticeable distance in the last year. They helped …

Dear Annie: I've been friends with "Ashley" for nine years, and we have supported each other through many hard life events. We hit it off immediately and are very close. We were both single and living alone during the pandemic and became the major part of each other's support system and huma…

Dear Annie: After reading the letter from "Unable to Open Up," the gentleman who was unable to articulate his thoughts to his therapist, I wonder if writing down his thoughts would help. Sometimes we can't bring ourselves to speak up for fear of being chastised, laughed at or embarrassed. I …

Dear Readers: Many people had a lot to say in response to "Feeling Torn," who is concerned about the prospect of the interfaith marriage. Below are some letters.

Dear Annie: I suspect my son may be gay. He is a gorgeous, smart, successful young man in his mid-20s, who has really never shown interest in girls. I am perfectly fine with him being gay, and I hope he would realize that. I wish he would just tell me if that was the case. I'm really not sur…

Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I get along amazingly well, and we have lots of interests that we share. But I do not understand his favoritism to his 40-year-old daughter. She has never lived on her own. She was married but still lived there – with her father – and had two children. She is now…

Dear Annie: I'm a 16-year-old girl and currently a sophomore in high school. High school is OK, but one thing I've noticed is that I'm really judgmental of others in my school and tend to bring them down in my head. For example, if I see a girl wearing revealing clothing, I'll call her a "sl…

Dear Annie: This is about "Unsure," who loved her job at a school but whose husband was pressuring her to find a higher-paying job so she could contribute toward college for their teenage children.

Dear Annie: My son and new wife recently eloped with a small ceremony on a Tuesday (when we all had to take off work), but most of my family was not invited. She invited her parents, grandmother, aunt, uncles, best friend and cousin. But only me, my fiance and my other son were invited on my…

Dear Annie: My wife and I have been together for over 13 years. She is a great person who has issues with bipolar disorder. I've gotten used to it, and with things being off from time to time, but I'm not sure how to handle this last situation.

Dear Annie: I will have been married for 22 years this September, and we have been together for 26 years. But I recently discovered that for the past three years, my husband was talking to another woman in secret. I found evidence in texting voicemails and even a recording showing that they …

Dear Annie: Eleven years ago, I lost my 19-year-old daughter suddenly. Up until that point, I loved cuddling with babies. I loved everything about them, including their smell, their soft skin, their innocent eyes, etc. If a friend or family member had a baby, I wanted to hold the sweet thing…

Dear Readers: Happy Mother's Day! I hope that you feel appreciated and celebrated. I am also sensitive to the fact that Mother's Day can be difficult for some, either because their mothers have passed on or because they didn't have the idyllic type of mother described in the beautiful quotes…

Dear Annie: I've been chatting with a guy online for a few weeks now – nothing serious, just light, "getting to know you" conversations, with some flirtation sprinkled in.

Dear Annie: I started seeing someone recently. "Matthew" is a perfect gentleman in many respects, but he has one habit that I find very rude and jarring: He burps, frequently, and sometimes without even covering his mouth. We sit down to watch a movie together after dinner, and all I can foc…

    Dear Annie: I come from a large family. I was the youngest of four girls, and there were several years between us. Growing up, I barely knew my two older sisters.

Dear Annie: My 19-year-old daughter – she'll be 20 in July – is a sophomore at Charleston College. She came home for spring break and informed my husband and me that she had found her soul mate at Charleston, and they plan to marry this summer. He's 24 and a graduate student teaching English.

Dear Annie: My dad died of lung cancer a few years ago, and because of that, I abhor smoking in all its forms. The problem is I just discovered my boyfriend, who is a nurse, has been secretly vaping behind my back. I was shocked and upset not so much that he did it (which is bad enough) but …

Dear Annie: My husband "Jack" has become so angry with me lately, and I don't understand why. We have been married for 10 years, have two beautiful girls, ages 6 and 4, and he's a great dad. However, with me, he is short-tempered and does not want to spend any "alone" time with me when I sug…

Dear Annie: I am 28, a college graduate, and have been told by my family and friends that I am good-looking. I am respectful of women I take out on dates; I pay for all the meals, am pleasant and interesting to talk to, and am neat and clean. I smell good, from cologne to fresh breath, and a…

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 42 years, and he has always had strong likes and dislikes. Four years ago, we moved closer to our son's family. Until recently, I didn't realize how much he dislikes our son's mother-in-law (she lives nearby the family also).

Dear Annie: My younger brother "Chris" moved away and got married. He and his wife, "Julie," have a baby girl and two golden retrievers. They recently came to visit for a week, and they brought their dogs. My mom lives with me, and she already has three dogs. My brother's dogs are a total pa…

Dear Annie: My girlfriend and I have been in a relationship for 12 years now. We have a lot of history. I'm 54 and she is 55 now. We were best friends for a year in high school and we had a few incidents when we kissed back in the day. I left home for the Air Force in 1988. We kept in contac…

Dear Annie: I am writing about an issue that I believe is affecting many couples now. The issue is pornography.

Dear Annie: As a 31-year-old female who is a sober alcoholic, I'd like to offer my advice to parents of alcoholics who put their foot down by telling their grown "children" to either stop drinking and using or leave the house. Good for you!

Dear Annie: My spouse and I live close to many members of our extended family. We were out of town for Easter. My adult son saw on Facebook that the rest of the family had gathered to celebrate, but he had not been invited. This has happened more than once. My son feels pretty bad about it a…

Dear Annie: I love my boyfriend, but I am Catholic and he is Jewish. We have been dating for four years. My biological clock is ticking, as I am turning 29 next month. My boyfriend is not very religious, but I am a devout Catholic. I go to Mass every Sunday and observe all the religious Holy…

Dear Annie: I read your column on a regular basis and completely agree with all of your advice.

Dear Annie: My husband and I have two kids, a 3-year-old and 6-month-old. My husband drives a semi, so he's on the road and usually gone Monday through Friday. Occasionally, he leaves Sunday afternoons depending on the weather and where he's headed.

Dear Annie: I am an 18-year-old woman, and I'm a freshman in college. I am currently majoring in Creative Writing and English. I have a very deep passion for writing, and I would like to become a published author one day. I also have a passion for herbs and herbal medicine. I plan to start m…

Dear Annie: How can my husband, "Steven," make new friends in retirement?

Dear Annie: You recently wrote a column about a woman who was concerned because a fellow waitress was still smoking while pregnant. You recommended that she check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, which has good information on the subject.

Dear Annie: As a hearing-impaired person, I have some suggestions for other people who have hearing troubles, and I wanted to share them with your readers. The first thing I would suggest – if they haven't done so already – is that they should see an ear, nose and throat physician, as well a…

Dear Annie: I am a widow with a grown son and daughter. We have always been a close-knit family. However, for the last year, I have only had one visit of two hours from my daughter. The previous year, I saw her a few times. She has grown children and is a grandmother of three. She is divorce…

Dear Annie: My roommate, who is also my ex-boyfriend, was involved in a car accident a few months ago. His car was totaled in the process, but he is OK and was not seriously injured. He had to quit his job but has recently found a new one that pays a lot better than his last.

Dear Annie: I've been married for a long time, and we have teenagers now. When they were young, I took a full-time position working in a school so that I could be on the same schedule as them and we wouldn't have to worry about care during the summer and on winter or spring breaks.

Dear Annie: My husband and I recently had a heated argument because he threw away some things that I was going to send off to family. It escalated, and as I was trying to walk away, he grabbed me by the shoulders and roughly pushed me up against the wall ... somehow then (I think he kind of …

Dear Annie: I am 41 and was adopted at birth in a closed adoption. For medical reasons, it was necessary for me to contact my birth mother to obtain information. Since that time, she and I have communicated, though the contact has been limited. She lives far away but has several family membe…

Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very happy spring. Whether you just celebrated Passover, Easter or any other holiday, I do hope that you make time to celebrate spring. It is a time of renewal where we can shed some of our old patterns and ways of thinking and trade them in for new, fresh tho…

Dear Annie: My cousin is getting married in November on the same day as my toddler's birthday. I am torn on how to do both. I really want my daughter to feel special for her fourth birthday, but I also want to support my cousin. My aunt (cousin's mom) said that we could sing happy birthday t…

Dear Annie: My husband and I divorced after 34 years of marriage. Our adopted son was 15 at the time of the divorce. We had adopted him as an infant at birth and raised him as our own. When he was 6, he was diagnosed with ADHD. We never put him on Ritalin because we were aware of drug use by…

Dear Annie: I've had the same woman, "Veronica," doing my hair for several years now. She also does my pedicures and massages. I love her shop and all of her co-workers, but I've never been very happy with how she cuts and colors my hair.

Dear Annie: I'm a very concerned mother of a 30-year-old son, "Jesse," who's in an abusive relationship with his girlfriend "Adriana." They share a newborn child together. Adriana is divorced. Not long ago, her ex-brother-in-law physically attacked Jesse, because Jesse exposed the secret aff…

Dear Annie: It will soon be my 40th birthday, and I'm feeling a tremendous amount of anxiety with this pending milestone event. Intuitively, I understand that it is an arbitrary number. My body feels the same as it did yesterday, and nothing appears to be changing. However, emotionally, it f…

Dear Annie: I've been seeing a therapist for around five years, and I find myself unsure what to say. My wife first encouraged me to speak with a professional to help me better understand myself and deal with some buried anger. One of my major realizations in therapy has been that I have dif…

Dear Annie: I have been a practicing attorney for six years. My current job as an in-house attorney was my first job out of law school. My employer was taking a big risk on me, as in-house positions are usually given to attorneys who have already done their time in big firms. My boss said th…

Dear Annie: I've seen lots of parents (or babysitters) gabbing on the phone as they push strollers or baby carriages. The tots are getting no attention. Once, I saw a large dog, unleashed and apparently unaccompanied, dash up to a youngster in a stroller. Happily, the dog meant no ill and si…