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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2025 DEARABBY: My fiance’s daughter is having a baby. Her mother is helping give the shower. My fiance and his ex have been divorced for 21 years. She was the one who cheated, asked for the divorce and kicked him out.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2025 DEAR ABBY: My husband and I were together for 11 years, married for six of them. I had an alcohol addiction for the last few years, which led to my being unfaithful. He never drank, so he had a hard time understanding my addiction problem.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I have a friend, “Doug,” I’ve known for 30 years. I moved away, but we get together once or twice a year.

I just talked to an old friend who told me it is very cold in his town. He wonders what he can do for fun in icy conditions. Well, it is cold because it is winter. If it were hot, we would worry that there’s a hole in the ozone layer.

David Mirsch’s hypothesis of a clandestine use of drugs to render Jesus comatose on the cross is an ad hoc claim. He offers no supporting data and the assertion cannot be proven. Beyond that, the most important question that all swoon theories should address is: Could He have survived?

Recently a man we know died in his nineties, after serving in the military until he retired and then had a long career as a police officer until retirement again. Jimmy covered his beat not in a patrol car or on foot, but on the back of a horse.

THE POTTER AND THE CLAY One day to Jeremiah the Lord did voice Now, arise. The potter’s house go to A lesson for you to make a choice. So, he obeyed, as a smart one would do. The potter’s hands made a vessel of clay. It was marred, so he made another pot.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I was raped by a family member and, due to special circumstances, told no one except one other family member, who I swore to secrecy.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2025 DEAR ABBY: I’ve been in a relationship with a man for the last five years. “Julian” came into my life after my husband passed. He is 65; I’m 45. Julian has two grown daughters, 36 and 27. The older one and I get along famously. Amber is somewhat immature.

DEAR ABBY: I am a widow of two decades who has raised a family in an old historic home in a small island town. In the course of renovating and maintaining the home, a father-and-son electrician team have been like family.