Advice Archives June 2025, Page 1
Miss Manners: In praise of the humble handkerchief
June 24 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: Head of religious institution is a fine leader, but a rotten speaker
Dear Abby: Out of the blue, my 15-year-old said she wants to live with her father ... my heart is broken
Today’s daily horoscope for June 24, 2025
Miss Manners: No, guests shouldn’t ask a host if they can bring uninvited family or friends to a gathering
Miss Manners: A ‘grand tour’ of your home is almost never necessary
Asking Eric: I bought something online that was advertised as ‘like new’, but it definitely wasn’t
Dear Abby: He told me to apologize to a woman in the grocery store and I was embarrassed
Dear Annie: Husband makes humiliating comments about his wife in front of others
June 23 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: Aunt gives all of her handmade quilts ... except for one
Dear Abby: A facial disorder makes me self-conscious about having my picture taken, but people don’t care
Today’s daily horoscope for June 23, 2025
Asking Eric: My husband is ALWAYS late and it makes my blood pressure shoot up
Dear Abby: Widows ask why friends desert them, but what about the widows who desert their friends?
Dear Annie: I’ve always felt like the odd one out in my family
June 22 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: My brother’s drunken calls are getting out of control ... what boundaries should I set?
Dear Abby: I finally think I found a ‘good guy’ but my family thinks I’m delusional
Today’s daily horoscope for June 22, 2025
Miss Manners: Impractical invitations make friend uncomfortable
Asking Eric: Man agrees to let daughter’s friend move in and it doesn’t go well
Dear Abby: Parent urged to visit 19-year-old son who left home without having certain survival skills
Asking Eric: Not once did my husband’s daughters visit their father when he was in the hospital
Dear Abby: When I buy gifts for my fiancé, he looks them up to see how much I paid for them
Dear Annie: I think I might be in love with my deceased wife’s sister
Miss Manners: When visiting my dad at assisted living facility, is it okay to greet other residents?
June 21 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: Is new friend uncomfortable about introducing his partner?
Dear Abby: I cook, we eat. I clean, he watches TV. When I ask for help, he accuses me of being a nag.
Today’s daily horoscope for June 21, 2025
Miss Manners: Do yourself a favor, don’t compare mature women to clowns
Dear Annie: My best friend got married and didn’t invite me ... I feel hurt, confused and dismissed
Asking Eric: When I ask my son when he’d like me to visit, he says he’ll get back to me but then doesn’t
Dear Abby: Should I call child protective services on my daughter’s abusive husband?
Dear Annie: Everyone adores my boyfriend ... except me
June 20 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: My colleague’s hairy armpits cause everyone in the office to cringe
Miss Manners: Do I need to thank someone for sending me a ‘thinking of you’ card?
Dear Abby: Twice-divorced woman has no interest in walking down the aisle a third time
Today’s daily horoscope for June 20, 2025
Miss Manners: If my 9-year-old chooses her birthday party guests, one little girl will be excluded
Dear Annie: My dad passed away unexpectedly last year and I’m not ready for my mom to start dating
Miss Manners: I stopped sending her gifts because I received nothing in return and now she’s mad
Dear Abby: I thought my stepdaughter-in-law and I patched things up, but then she blocked me
Dear Abby: Friends think we stole from them and they can’t understand why we’re insulted
Dear Annie: Coworker is no friend after promotion
June 19 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: Affair ruined a friend group, now cheater wants back in
Dear Abby: You’re not going to hell for loving and accepting your dad, despite what your husband says
Today’s daily horoscope for June 19, 2025
Miss Manners: It’s simple ... get off the bus briefly to let other people off if you’re blocking the door
Dear Annie: Dispatcher working night shifts doesn’t appreciate the daily (daytime) check-in calls
Miss Manners: How do I entertain someone who’s coming to visit who I haven’t seen in years?
Asking Eric: My parents want to celebrate their 60th anniversary on my birthday ... that’s an issue
Dear Abby: I pray my precious son is my wonderful husband’s child, not the consequence of a rape
Dear Annie: Is it too late for my happiness?
June 18 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: I am the only one of my siblings who cares for our parents’ and grandparents’ graves
Dear Abby: I walked in on my husband having sex with my sister, but I never told him that’s why I left him
Today’s daily horoscope for June 18, 2025
Miss Manners: I know it’s a compliment when my friends say ‘I make them sick,’ but ....
Why Tho? Work trip cancels family vacation. ‘Now my wife is super mad’
Miss Manners: Was it wrong for me to ask the host if my visiting brother could come to the BBQ, too?
Asking Eric: How can I treat my friends to activities without revealing my change of fortune?
Dear Abby: Man wonders if he might date his young caregiver
Dear Annie: Woman in abusive relationship urged to seek help
June 17 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: It seems like I’ve been forgotten by my siblings (even my twin) and it’s very hurtful
Dear Abby: Woman needs her husband after spinal surgery, but he’s busy with his friends
Today’s daily horoscope for June 17, 2025
Miss Manners: Would it be rude to insist we take our car when we go out with our daughter and son-in-law?
Asking Eric: My husband who used to be active and social, has fallen into a funk
Dear Abby: My friend said I can’t stay with her when I visit ... not even for one night
Dear Annie: My husband and I agreed to sell the furniture, but we didn’t agree on the buyer and the terms
June 16 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: Woman wonders whether politics was the reason for bridal shower invitation snub
Dear Abby: My mother-in-law refuses to ask before touching me and often pulls me into unwanted hugs
Asking Eric: A friend’s need for help is overwhelming to me, but I feel guilty about distancing myself
Dear Abby: Woman, widowed for 10 months, ponders relationship with man separated from his wife
Dear Annie: A Father’s Day Reflection
June 15 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: Summer is here and students are home from college ... not mine, though
Dear Abby: I want to return my sister-in-law’s $50 gift card ... we don’t need her money
Today’s daily horoscope for June 15, 2025
Miss Manners: Isn’t an electronic thank-you note a valid alternative to a handwritten card?
Dear Annie: We drove hours to get to the graduation party and then had to pay for our food and drinks
Miss Manners: I’m struggling financially ... how can I gracefully tell friends I can’t afford to go out?
Asking Eric: I’ve realized that I am really in love with my best friend
Dear Abby: The love of my life recently died in our apartment ... now I’m scared to be there
Dear Annie: Should I tell my husband that racy pictures taken of me on our honeymoon surfaced online?
June 14 birthday horoscope and your daily astrology
Asking Eric: Within months of putting my beloved terrier to sleep, I got another dog ... it was a mistake
Dear Abby: My mother never showed interest in my kids ... until they became adults
Today’s daily horoscope for June 14, 2025
Miss Manners: We’re only allowed to buy gifts for our young grandchild from a curated wish list
Dear Annie: If we don’t visit my mother-in-law every weekend, she lays on the guilt
Asking Eric: I have a problem with my fiancé’s father and I might contact adult protective services
Miss Manners: Am I a ‘cancer survivor’? ... I don’t want to use the term incorrectly
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