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E-mail received by mistake reveals hostilities

Dear Annie: Recently, an e-mail correspondence between my mother and sister somehow ended up in my


Wife didn’t bargain to be just an overworked farmhand

Dear Annie: I have been married to “Tom,” a successful farmer, for seven years. We both have


Renting a car? Have a smooth ride

Dear Readers: With summer vacations and traveling coming up, here are some helpful hints if you will


Rocky shows potential to be an abuser

Dear Annie: I have been married to “Rocky” for a year. We are in our mid-40s, and it’s a second


Nesting birds make homes in her fern baskets

Dear Heloise: Hopefully you can come to my rescue. I have a very nice front porch and have fern


Use grout cleaning method carefully

heloise Dear Heloise: What should I use to clean dirty tile grout? I would like to not have to do


PCOS and mom weigh her down

Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: I am a 23-year-old female college student. I gained a lot of weight


Reader’s hard-water hint saves the vase

Dear Heloise: My hubby gave me a beautiful, signed, bowl-shaped vase. To save it from damage by our


Jack’s feelings for her sabotage friendship

Dear Annie: I have two friends I will call “Tom” and “Jack.” All three of us have been friends since


Recipe makes easy, quick ambrosia

Dear Heloise: Would you please print the recipe for Heloise’s Pistachio Ambrosia? I did cut it out,


He’s not interested, now that she’s pregnant

Dear Annie: I am a confused and stressed-out 28-year-old pregnant woman. I have been with my


Neighbors hope to save troubled marriage

Dear Annie: I live in a close-knit neighborhood of eight young couples. Naturally, there is some


Reader with cedar wants to revive the scent

Dear Heloise: My cedar closet is more than 50 years old. There is not even a hint of the cedar scent


Chlorine takes toll on gold jewelry

Dear Heloise: I read somewhere that it’s not good to wear gold jewelry when in a chlorinated pool or


‘Sexting’ precaution may not work forever

Dear Annie: A neighbor of mine drives the bus for the high school her 14-year-old daughter attends.