Dear Abby: Is there anything wrong with having a lover solely for the purpose of sex? He is grieving for his late wife (my best friend), and I am separated from my husband. We’re both lonely and have supported each other through our pain.
Dear Abby: When my husband and I married two years ago, we both wanted children. I am having second thoughts now. We recently discovered that there’s a genetic disorder on one side of the family, and it scares me to think we may not have a healthy child.
Dear Abby: In your response to the letter from “ ‘Cougar’ in New York” (Sept. 3), you invited your male readers to share their thoughts. Abby, cougars are nothing new. They’re simply out of the closet.
Dear Abby: My wife of 25 years, in an effort to get me to stop smoking, refuses to have sex until I quit. It’s been more than a year since we made love.
Dear Abby: On a Sunday afternoon in late September, I got hopelessly lost trying to find O’Hare Airport in Chicago. I pulled off the interstate at a neighborhood exit and asked a man parked at the curb for directions. He was Hispanic, and there was a bit of a language barrier, but he and his sister offered to lead me there.
Dear Abby: I’m a 14-year-old boy. I went to a party last weekend and some people pressured me to do some uncomfortable stuff. Can you advise me – and other teens – how to handle peer pressure? – Ashamed in Illinois
Dear Abby: I am a 38-year-old business woman. I was single for many years until I met and fell in love with “Rory,” who had been a long-time client. We were married a year ago.
