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Dear Amy: On a short airplane flight, I was seated next to a woman who chatted to me nonstop about this and that, while I listened and smiled politely.

Dear Amy: Information I received from my genetic testing revealed that my father had two other children while married to my mother within our supposedly “intact” family.

Dear Amy: I recently went on a two-week vacation with my husband “Rob,” and “Patsy,” the wife of another couple we have traveled with in the past.

Dear Amy: My spouse has changed so much, and I no longer enjoy her company.

Dear Amy: How does one gently say “no” to an acquaintance who calls and wants to visit my area and stay in my home?

Dear Amy: I am a woman about to turn 35 years old. I have been with my boyfriend for a year and a half.

Dear Amy: My husband isn’t capable of speaking with ME about decisions in our marriage and insists on running to his mommy for everything.

I have been married for over 30 years. At our 25th anniversary dinner, my wife told me she was interested in trying an “open marriage.”

My partner and I have been fighting nonstop. He wants me to step out of my comfort zone. I have tried.

Dear Amy: I have been invited to a family event. One of the other guests, a relative, was recently arrested for possessing child pornography.

Dear Amy: I am a wife to a good husband who is 12 years older than I am.

Dear Amy: I just found out (from reading an exchange of text messages) that my husband of 40 years has reconnected with an old girlfriend.

Dear Amy: After we divorced (decades ago), at some point my ex-husband told me that he was the father of another boy (he and I have two sons).

Dear Amy: My 31-year-old daughter is “happy with her size.”

Dear Amy: Recently a couple with whom my husband and I were casual friends some years ago moved to our city.

Dear Amy: My husband and I have spent several of the past few summers visiting (his) longtime family friends at their vacation home. They are always very kind and welcoming.

Dear Amy: My only granddaughter is 17 years old.

Dear Amy: A couple of months ago, my girlfriend broke up with me.

Dear Readers: A recent question from a dad (“J”) who felt pressured by his mother to attend family events over his kids’ sporting events prompted a lively response on both sides of a consistent and challenging parenting issue.

Dear Amy: My brother and his wife were both sick with the Coronavirus very early in the pandemic. Thankfully, both recovered with no lingering effects.

Dear Amy: My daughter recently located her biological father on Instagram. She is 25 years old.

Dear Amy: Several times now, I have been invited to visit the homes of old friends during my travels to distant states, but when I have done that, I’ve been surprised at how inhospitable some people are.

Dear Amy: I am a recovering addict. I have been clean been for over 20 years.

Dear Amy: My son is in a relationship with a (slightly older) female.

Dear Amy: I have had a horrific pandemic year.

Dear Amy: My partner and I are two middle-age men that met each other later in life.

Dear Amy: “Sophie” is a very close friend. I love her dearly. We have had a couple of difficult conflicts over the years but have always recovered.

Dear Amy: My wife had a moment of truth the other night.