Category: Ask Amy

Dear Amy: My parents were absentee grandparents, despite my longing for more.

Dear Amy: I’m not angry or upset – just baffled. As we got into the car to leave the dinner, my partner turned to me and said, “Well, that was weird.”

Dear Amy: Our daughter is looked upon as the smart one in the family, but she isn’t always respectful or helpful to us as her parents.

Dear Amy: Just before the pandemic, I started dating a charming, smart, handsome, funny professional guy.

Dear Amy: My aunt has fallen on hard financial times and has begun leaning on me. Although she has a daughter, two stepsons, a nephew, and the biological father of the granddaughter she is raising, I’m the only one willing to help.

My question is: What does somebody do with these personal effects? This man lived for not much more than two decades. He did not have any children.

Dear Readers: The following Q&A is an example of a prank question that savvy readers enjoyed so much that it went viral. Honestly, I don’t know how I missed this obvious nod to a beloved sitcom, but I did.

Dear Amy: When I wrote to you, I was focused on the exhaustion of dealing with everything on my own after my parents’ death. I was pained that during my time of need my childhood friend did not offer to help.

Dear Amy: I am fully aware of my memory problems, but they are not yet obvious to others.

Dear Amy: My 83-year-old widowed mother is depressed, and I don’t know how to help.