Category: Ask Amy

Dear Amy: I love spending time with him, but hate not knowing when we will see each other again.

Dear Amy: A male “friend” needed lodging because of his pending divorce. My son-in-law allowed it. Later, when the “friend” moved into his apartment, my daughter moved in with him.

You don’t have to ask permission of your children or other family members to be alone, writes Amy Dickinson.

Dear Amy: Everyone tells me that he’s grieving and that I need to give him time. I think it’s time to confront him about his choice to move back in with his mother, because I think the real reason he moved in with her is that life is just easier for him without guidelines.

Dear Amy: I want to have a plan for when I will no longer be the curator of everyone’s stuff.

Dear Amy: My wife “Mel” and I are newlyweds. After the wedding, my wife’s grandfather sent her a check for $10,000. I jokingly asked her to hand over my $5,000 share as her new “partner.” She responded with an angry rebuke.

Dear Amy: Am I wasting my time with a man who doesn’t want to prioritize me?

Dear Amy: My husband’s entire extended family enjoys going on vacations together. While these family members are amazing, these vacations are very stressful for me.

Dear Amy: My father is on the far side of a debilitating and eventually terminal neurological disorder. He’s not able to dress himself anymore, his language is mostly gone, and it’s generally sad and depressing all around. My mother is his full-time caregiver, and my siblings and I all live in different states.

His problem has come home to roost, and you and he should pursue marriage counseling right away, writes Amy Dickinson.