My Wife’s Sister Dropped Her 1-Year-Old Twins With Us Due to a Family Emergency. When She Texted Us an Update, I Was Floored.

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I Once Thought Parents Were to Blame for What My Family Is Going Through. Now I Realize How Wrong I Was.

I feel like I desperately need to hit the reset button, and I just don’t know how. I have five kids, ranging from toddlers to ...
The Press Democrat

Dear Abby: I wanted to scream when they offered to sit with me at the hospital

Family and friends have offered to “come and sit with me.” I have been polite (when I really wanted to scream) and told them ...

Dear Abby: Husband’s angry outbursts push wife to breaking point

When something goes wrong with his meal or service at a restaurant, or when he’s driving and gets upset with another driver, ...

Dear Abby: I want to change my adopted child’s unsophisticated middle name

DEAR GREAT-AUNT: Tell your great-niece that because she is ambivalent about changing her middle name, you think it would be ...

Dear Abby: After we loaned them money, my son’s wife became extremely rude and verbally abusive

A year ago, my husband and I loaned my son and his wife $6,000 to pay for the doctors to flip my daughter-in-law’s baby so ...

Asking Eric: I met someone online. My daughters think she’s dangerous.

My very overprotective daughters are concerned about somebody I met on a website. Related Articles. Asking Eric: Her ...

Asking Eric: I told loved ones I’m the abuser. Still, they blame my partner.

Letter writer is facing their abusive behavior, while loved ones “assume my current partner must be gaslighting or ...
Cleveland.com

Dear Abby: He calls me his wife but won’t introduce me to his family

Dear Abby: My boyfriend, “Roy,” is a quiet person. His ex-girlfriend put him and his family through something so terrible that he shuts down and pulls away from me a lot. He won’t introduce me to his ...

My Fiancé’s Mother Is Out of Control. Does She Have to Come to the Wedding?

My parents are both 80, and getting them across the country to the wedding is no small task — but they’re up for it. My ...
The Atlantic

My year as a degenerate gambler

On a Thursday evening in September, I excused myself from the family dinner table and slipped into my bedroom. I didn’t want my kids to see what I was about to do. With the door locked behind me, I ...