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TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2024 DEAR ABBY: I am single, never married. A male manager at my job is divorced. After a few weeks at the job, I realized we were both single. I have been here for about a year. This manager is flirty and appears to be into me.

SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2024 DEAR ABBY: My stepdaughter has an 11-year-old daughter I’ll call “Kristina.” Kristina is very well-behaved, but she’s being taught at home that love is measured in dollars. She is constantly hinting about gifts and candy she wants.

Let me throw this out to you to see what you think. This morning the word “Pentecost” kept coming to me, so I pulled out my copy of WHAT THE BIBLE IS ALL ABOUT, by Henrietta Mears to see what this word meant and how it would be discussed.

William Paley was an 18th – century English clergyman, Christian apologist, and philosopher. He is best known for his design argument for the existence of God.

Father’s Day has rolled around again. Hmmm…do I write about the importance of Dad in every kid’s life? Giving every daddy-loved adult who reads this the warm fuzzies as they relive and remember how Dad was present and accounted for, as they grew up?

FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2024 DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are contemplating moving across the country to be near our daughters. We have lived in our home for 45 years. We are both active and in very good health, but unlike many of our friends, we have no relatives anywhere near us.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2024 DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “George” for 35 years. I was pregnant when I married. We had dated only five months. We came from families that believed you had to “do the right thing” and get married.

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2024 DEAR ABBY: My older brother has had a tumultuous marriage to a manipulative, alcoholic, just-plain-mean woman. It has been bad over their entire 40-year marriage, including her physically assaulting him.

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2024 DEAR ABBY: I am fortunate to have a great relationship with my in-laws. We live half a continent apart, so although we video chat often, we get to see them in person only two or three times a year.

When I was a little girl, I heard such expressions as ‘If that don’t beat it all!’ or ‘If that don’t take the cake!’ After reading HOW TO SPEAK CHICKEN by Melissa Caughey, Storey Pub. 2017), those expressions came to mind. I’ll just try to hit the high points in this unusual study.