Dear Abby: Old friend has worn out her welcome with visits
Dear Abby: I have an old friend who lives an hour from me. I visit her for the day and come home. I have never invited her to spend the night at my home, nor do I expect her to invite me for a sleepover when I drive down to see her.
Dear Abby: When friend visits, she talks all day, morning to night
DEAR ABBY: I have an old friend who lives an hour from me. I visit her for the day and come home. I have never invited her to spend the night at my home, nor do I expect her to invite me for a sleepover when I drive down to see her.
Dear Abby: Old friend is imposing with overnight stays and too much talking
She refused to do anything except eat and talk. I am not a sitter, and I hated doing it, but she’s a good friend.
Dear Abby: Friendship crumbles when truth emerges about visitor
Dear Abby: My friend of eight years has her 55-year-old son living with her. She has been driving a man around who she told me is a friend of her son’s and she knows his family. What she never mentioned is that he’s a registered violent sex offender who was just released from prison.
Dear Abby: My friend’s visit turned into 15 hours of her talking at me
I have an old friend who lives an hour from me. I visit her for the day and come home. I have never invited her to spend the night at my home, nor do I expect her to invite me for a sleepover when I go to see her.
Dear Abby: My friend talks endlessly and treats me like her therapist
"What can I do to put an end to her uninvited overnight stays without hurting her or risking sending her into meltdown?"
Dear Abby: My friend demands to stay the night at my house — how do I kick her out?
Dear Abby helps a woman who has a friend that makes constant trips to see her and wants to find a polite way to tell her no, avoiding a possible meltdown.
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Dear Abby: Should I report a sex offender in our neighborhood?
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Dear Abby: Now that my brother has died, I’d like to confront his wife about horrible way she treated him
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Dear Abby: I’m on medication that made me reveal her secret, and she’s angry at me
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Dear Abby: On the outs since blabbing niece’s secret
While I was on the medication, for some reason I forgot about keeping it a secret and sent a text to her son congratulating ...
Dear Abby: Struggling to maintain privacy about daughter’s eating disorder
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Dear Abby: I made a mistake while on meds and angered my niece
Aunt was told in confidence about a pregnancy in the family but texted about it under the influence of depression pills.