Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/dear-abby entertainment Dear Abby en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:16:14 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/dear-abby http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100209/lf_ucda/thebestbirthdaypresentistogrowoldereveryyear ucda/20100209/thebestbirthdaypresentistogrowoldereveryyear Dear Abby entertainment Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:16:14 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: "49 and Holding" (Dec. 5), who doesn't want her daughter to give her a 50th birthday party, needs to grow up and learn to celebrate life instead of hiding from the fact that she's growing older. She is aging because she's alive -- and what a blessing that is. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100208/lf_ucda/storyoflongagoabusecausesfamilynewpain ucda/20100208/storyoflongagoabusecausesfamilynewpain Dear Abby entertainment Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:16:21 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My parents divorced when I was 6, and my father remarried when I was 8. My father got custody of my brother and me. A year later, my half-sister was born and that's when my stepmother began physically and mentally abusing me. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100207/lf_ucda/dadmisseskissesheoncesharedwithhisyoungsons ucda/20100207/dadmisseskissesheoncesharedwithhisyoungsons Dear Abby entertainment Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:16:19 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: When my three sons were small, I used to kiss them on the lips as a sign of affection. Now they are 13, 11 and 8, and it has been several years since I have done it. With the youngest, I can still get away with an occasional peck on the cheek -- but not my older boys. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100206/lf_ucda/teenreluctanttodisappointmomwithachangeofplan ucda/20100206/teenreluctanttodisappointmomwithachangeofplan Dear Abby entertainment Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:16:19 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am a 16-year-old girl who is starting to seriously consider colleges and plan for the future. I found an amazing school close to home that I'd love to attend -- but there's a problem. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100205/lf_ucda/tripdownmemorylaneturnsintoabumpyride ucda/20100205/tripdownmemorylaneturnsintoabumpyride Dear Abby entertainment Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:16:34 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: Our oldest daughter is being married soon. When we pulled out our wedding album to show her our pictures, my mother-in-law, "Edith," started laughing and said she hoped our daughter's wedding would be better than ours was. Then she said our wedding had been "an embarrassment," and she wished she hadn't invited any of her friends to it! http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100204/lf_ucda/movingtoadifferentschoolmaynotcurewhatailschild ucda/20100204/movingtoadifferentschoolmaynotcurewhatailschild Dear Abby entertainment Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:16:19 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: You missed an important clue in the letter from "Must Choose in Maryland" (Nov. 30), who is considering moving to improve her daughter's school life. Abby, the child is only 7. She has been in public school for three years, so the private school where she "flourished" was PRESCHOOL. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100203/lf_ucda/wifewantstoleavehusbandbutremainpartofhisfamily ucda/20100203/wifewantstoleavehusbandbutremainpartofhisfamily Dear Abby entertainment Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:16:20 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My husband, "Harry," and I had a good marriage for 25 years, but we have grown apart and have agreed to divorce when our child finishes college. We just don't have a lot in common anymore. Harry is on the road a lot, and I have my own business. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100202/lf_ucda/parentstrytoextortdetailedaccountingofweddinggifts ucda/20100202/parentstrytoextortdetailedaccountingofweddinggifts Dear Abby entertainment Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:16:20 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: Shortly before my wedding, I decided to have my teeth fixed. The dentist quoted me a price of $4,000, which my husband and I could not afford since we were paying for our entire wedding. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100201/lf_ucda/manfearsworkmanwithkeymaynotbeontheupandup ucda/20100201/manfearsworkmanwithkeymaynotbeontheupandup Dear Abby entertainment Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:16:21 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: We had a repairman in our home yesterday who needed to leave to go to the hardware store for a part. My wife told him: "I have to go to pick up my son, so here's my spare key. Let yourself back in." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100131/lf_ucda/dinerresentsgettingtherushwhenserverbusesthetable ucda/20100131/dinerresentsgettingtherushwhenserverbusesthetable Dear Abby entertainment Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:16:30 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: When my partner and I eat at a restaurant, the server often clears my partner's plate before I am finished. I am not a slow eater, but I generally finish after she does. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100130/lf_ucda/teenagerisbewilderedbyparentsshortfuses ucda/20100130/teenagerisbewilderedbyparentsshortfuses Dear Abby entertainment Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:16:30 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My parents just aren't "there" for me anymore. I need to be able to go to them for advice, but now I can't. They get mad when I ask them for help on anything. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I mean, I cook, clean, help around the house, but it doesn't seem to help. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100129/lf_ucda/cashstrappedparentsregretdeathbedpromisemadetoson ucda/20100129/cashstrappedparentsregretdeathbedpromisemadetoson Dear Abby entertainment Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:16:26 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My 31-year-old son, "Joey," who needs a heart transplant, almost died a few weeks ago. The doctors told us he wouldn't make it through the weekend. I was beside myself. On what we thought was his deathbed, I told Joey I would give him anything he wanted if he pulled through. He wanted a very expensive sports car. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100128/lf_ucda/womandoubtsherabilitytohelplongtimefriend ucda/20100128/womandoubtsherabilitytohelplongtimefriend Dear Abby entertainment Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:16:25 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am in my early 40s, and married with two daughters. I have a friend, "Sally," whom I have known since the third grade. We are like sisters. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100127/lf_ucda/daughterdespairsovertenserelationshipwithhermother ucda/20100127/daughterdespairsovertenserelationshipwithhermother Dear Abby entertainment Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:16:22 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am a 16-year-old girl and I fight with my mother almost daily. It makes me sad and upset all the time, and I don't know what to do. The last fight we had was over something so dumb I don't even know why I dragged it out for so long. I said things I didn't mean -- things that were hurtful and cruel. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100126/lf_ucda/teenembarrassmentsturnintofondmemorieslater ucda/20100126/teenembarrassmentsturnintofondmemorieslater Dear Abby entertainment Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:16:21 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I had to respond to "Blushing in San Francisco" (Nov. 21), the 11-year-old girl who's embarrassed because her mother sings and dances in the mall. I was that mother a few years ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100125/lf_ucda/momsfinalwishescomewithathreatofhaunting ucda/20100125/momsfinalwishescomewithathreatofhaunting Dear Abby entertainment Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:16:25 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My mother is a spry, 75-year-old woman who has expressed an unusual request. She has told us "kids" that when she is called by the angels, she wants to be dressed in an aqua nightgown or PJs, and to be lying on her side. She says she will be sleeping for a long time, and she wants to make sure she's comfortable. She also says if we don't carry out her wishes, she will come back and haunt us. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100124/lf_ucda/momtriestomakebirthdaygiftgrabsmoremeaningful ucda/20100124/momtriestomakebirthdaygiftgrabsmoremeaningful Dear Abby entertainment Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:16:26 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I have chosen to celebrate my children's birthdays with family and one friend. I want my children to understand early on that birthdays are not about getting loads of gifts, but to celebrate life with family. We are invited to many parties for their friends and classmates, but I have always chosen to attend only those of our close friends. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100123/lf_ucda/chattychurchgoersdisruptsanctuarysairofreverence ucda/20100123/chattychurchgoersdisruptsanctuarysairofreverence Dear Abby entertainment Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:16:35 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: Last Sunday, I attended a church service, and the woman and her adult daughter seated behind me would not shut their mouths. All I could hear was the two of them catching up on the week's gossip. The 5-year-old granddaughter also talked the whole time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100122/lf_ucda/daughterofmurderedmanrejoicesinholidaymiracle ucda/20100122/daughterofmurderedmanrejoicesinholidaymiracle Dear Abby entertainment Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:16:19 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I wrote you in October and received your personal reply. I'm the girl whose dad was murdered, and I was looking for a support group. You referred me to the National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, which provides mutual support to persons who have survived the violent death of someone close (www.pomc.org). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/dearabby/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20100121/lf_ucda/menfindplentytoloveinbigbeautifulwomen ucda/20100121/menfindplentytoloveinbigbeautifulwomen Dear Abby entertainment Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:16:21 GMT Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: "Happy Being Me in Massachusetts" (Nov. 20) is a large girl whose mother told her "heavy women are not desirable." Well, I was a size 18/20 and weighed more than 200 pounds when I met my husband while out with mutual friends. He's good-looking, smart, witty, affectionate and passionate. He's everything a woman looks for in a life partner.