Jeanne Phillips

Jeanne Phillips

LATEST STORIES BY JEANNE PHILLIPS

 

DEAR ABBY: Grandparents overtaxed with child care every weekend

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I love our 7- and 2-year-old grandchildren very much and enjoy spending time with them. The issue is, we feel we are being taken advantage of. Our daughter and her husband are still married but lead separate lives. He works out of town and comes home most weekends. Her weekends usually begin on Friday when she “has to” have someone keep the kids until he gets home (if he comes home). She returns on Sunday night when he leaves for work.

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July 27, 2025 Relationships
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DEAR ABBY: Bullying son-in-law turns grandmother away from family

DEAR ABBY: My daughter has been married to her high school sweetheart for 15 years. Their marriage has been rocky from the start due to her husband’s “God” complex. He’s a spoiled brat and a compulsive liar. He has not only caused mayhem in his own family but has nearly destroyed ours. He was extremely disrespectful to his late parents, and shortly after their deaths his bullying began being directed at us. Unfortunately, I have been the primary target.

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July 25, 2025 Relationships
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DEAR ABBY: Chance encounter still burns in divorced neighbour

DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced man in my 60s. Twelve years ago, a neighbour woman who I’m attracted to popped into my house to have a smoke break out on my back deck. When she arrived, I was in the shower. She came in like she always did (she had permission) and walked over to the fireplace. As she turned, she took two steps and froze because at that same moment, I came out of the shower 5 feet from my bedroom. I was naked. I froze as she looked at me. Abby, she looked me straight in the eye, and then her gaze dropped to my groin. It stayed there for about two seconds, then she gave me a smile, turned away and went out on my deck like nothing had happened.

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July 23, 2025 Relationships
Hello neighbour

DEAR ABBY: Co-worker's 'raging crush' must be tamed

DEAR ABBY: After six years of working closely together, I have developed a raging crush on my co-worker and project partner, “Brett.” It’s a full-on, face-flushing, daydreaming kind of situation, and it’s super annoying. I know this crush is inappropriate and unreciprocated, and I have no intention of acting on it. We are both married, and I would like to stay that way. My strategy has been to spend less time together and work on not being a moron.

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July 22, 2025 Relationships
Flirting at Workplace

DEAR ABBY: Lying husband's unexpected announcement leaves wife devastated

DEAR ABBY: I became ill a few months ago and spent 10 days in the hospital before moving to a rehab center to recover. My husband worked at the facility where I became a patient. Two weeks into my rehab, he announced that when I went home, he would not be there, and that he was filing for divorce. He refused to give me a solid reason why. Our 30-plus-year marriage has had difficult times. Each time we went for counseling, he was uncooperative, going so far as lying. I learned he had been having an affair (his third) with a woman who would visit the facility to see family. He has now moved in with her, and the divorce process continues. I am in my 70s and always tried to be the wife he wanted. I am broken and cannot seem to move on. He was the love of my life, and I am crushed by the way he did this. I still cannot get him to admit he’s having an affair. I often wonder if he lies to her the way he lied to me. In the past he lusted after women. I believe he has taken his emotional problems with him in this new relationship. How can I let go and move on? — STUNNED IN SOUTH DAKOTA

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July 21, 2025 Relationships
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DEAR ABBY: Wife blames mother for her own infidelity

DEAR ABBY: When my daughter, “Trish,” and her husband separated, I reached out to each of them for occasional check-ins. Trish left him after confessing to infidelity via email. He messaged me with a copy of what she’d written, which included some damning things about me — that she was “like” me and that I am “not a good person.” She never forgave me for crossing the line with a longtime friend decades ago. My husband owned his part in the situation, and we’ve moved past it. Apparently, she has not.

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July 20, 2025 Relationships
The older couple has a conflict. Upset mature woman, quarrel with her husband. Relationship crisis
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