Opinions

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been separated for 15 years. Our two grown children are on the spectrum.

DEAR ABBY: My partner recently allowed a friend to stay in our home without telling me in advance. My partner knows unannounced guests deeply affect my mental well-being and sense of safety. We had agreed I would be given at least two weeks’ notice for any visitors.

DEAR ABBY: My 32-year-old son has an alcohol problem. He and his wife refuse to accept reality and continue to be social drinkers. My son deals with his problem by putting his head in the sand. He refuses to talk to us or answer any of our texts or calls.

DEAR ABBY: I’m 43, and I have been married and divorced three times. I have three adult children and a 13-year-old. My last divorce was final a few weeks ago. I was sure she was The One. Now she now wants to give us nine months and see if we are going to reconcile. I am confused.

DEARABBY: My wife and I have been together for many years and have raised wonderful children. We have close friends, a beautiful home and, thankfully, our health. She’s my best friend, and the light and love of my life. We are, and have always been, happy together.

We humans have personality traits, that is readily apparent. And because we all have our own individual and highly weird traits, each of us also have singularly different desires. Desires for things in our life that are driven by our God-given quirks.

Pascal’s Wager is an argument in philosophy that was developed by the 17th-century Philosopher Blaise Pascal. The premise of the argument hinges on the difficulty of knowing whether God exists. Pascal argues, “yet we must ‘wager’ one way or the other.

What can soothe your nerves when you keep watching the news? What can help us to prepare ourselves for these times that are certainly not getting better? I may have a solution for you. Have you seen the movie The Great Awakening? That should wake you up.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 59-year-old divorced woman living with my 54-year-old boyfriend. We have lived together for seven months. He purchased the home we live in. Since we have lived here, I have made all the house payments. I also pay for the internet, utilities and all the groceries.

DEAR ABBY: There’s a girl I really like, “Torie,” who has a certain enthusiasm for me that few, if any people, have had. I have taken her seriously, but she works in a store where there’s a drag queen who makes herself look so much like a female that I find it disturbing.