Lifestyles

DEAR ABBY: I have suspected for many years that my son is gay. I don't understand why he would feel he can't talk to me about his relationships. I wou...

July is the month of the garden. Our annuals have settled nicely into their containers. With fertilizer, regular watering and deadheading they are rea...

Dear Heloise: I, too, live in Tucson, Arizona, and follow the same ritual for rinsing recyclables in dishwater as J.B. I also put some items in the di...

DEAR ABBY: I have been seeing my partner, "Gil," for five years. After my husband passed, Gil came into my life again. We had been colleagues about 10...

Dear Heloise: I agree that gender reveal "parties" are just another way of asking for gifts. You'll probably be invited to a baby shower and take a gi...

DEAR ABBY: I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his full-time job last year. I still work full time. Since his r...

DuBOIS — Before long, student athletes participating in fall sports will hit the gyms and fields to practice for the season ahead. Whether your child ...

Dear Heloise: We love fresh strawberries at our house, but frequently a few of them spoil in the container before we can use them all. We discovered a...

DEAR ABBY: I live five hours away from my hometown. My mom is 98 and in assisted living there. In recent years, my younger sister has become cruel to ...

DEAR ABBY: I am worried about my 21-year-old son, "Travis." He hasn't quite left our home that he shares with me and my husband, but he sleeps here on...

Dear Heloise: I have a hint for Holly H. of Arcadia, Florida, whose letter I saw in a recent issue of the Los Angeles Daily News. When I was a teenage...

Dear Heloise: Need more storage space in the garage or closet? Try using the empty ice chest that is just waiting for the next party or an empty suitc...

DEAR ABBY: In a few days, the second anniversary of my husband's death will be here. We were together for 40 years. They weren't easy years; he had ma...

Dear Heloise: Why do people send flowers to a funeral? The person they're sent to is dead and can't appreciate their beauty. After the funeral, the fl...

DEAR ABBY: I'm a 23-year-old college graduate who was lucky enough to land a job in my field of study. The job is located in my hometown. Because I co...

Dear Heloise: I enjoy your column every day in the Oregonian. Concerning the use of molasses in oatmeal or other foods, we found that the nitrates in ...

DEAR ABBY: Last year, my son, his girlfriend and two others were murdered outside a city where "things like this don't happen." My other two boys rece...

Dear Heloise: Since I read your column almost daily, I see people who write in and brag that they don't wash off their makeup yet have lovely complexi...

DEAR ABBY: After years of disappointment, I finally found the man of my dreams. How do I tell him he isn't doing certain things right in the bedroom w...

(TNS) — A creepy situation that unfolded at Mar-a-Lago last month involving President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai, is making its way back into t...