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Ask Amy: Downsizers are not up to code
Dear Amy: My good friends want to downsize for retirement, but the major repairs needed on their house will prevent them from making enough on the sale to buy their...
Ask Amy: A friend wants to impose “bro code”
Dear Amy: I need to resolve an issue concerning my close friend, āBrianā and my ex-girlfriend.
Ask Amy: A no-cost CPA earns some penalties
Dear Amy: My boyfriendās dad is a CPA, with decades of experience. A few years ago he offered to do my taxes, due to the sudden complexity because of an...
Ask Amy: Friends drift apart over religion
Dear Amy: My friend "Tina" and I have been friends since college and are now in our 50s. When we met we were members of a campus religious organization, however...
Ask Amy: Siblingsā estrangement is a tangle over money
Dear Amy: My brother and I are both in our 70s. We've only spoken once in the last three years.
Ask Amy: Sex offender lives in the neighborhood
Dear Amy: I have a neighbor who was previously convicted of a sexual offense involving a āchild.ā He served time in jail.
Ask Amy: Daughter pays for motherās abusive behavior
Dear Amy: Have I been gaslighted?
Ask Amy: Parents worry about sonās unemployment
Dear Amy: I'm a 45-year-old woman, married to my wife for five years. My issue is my 21-year-old son, who lives with us. He's a good kid but he's now...
Ask Amy: An “update” takes the advice to task
Dear Readers: Periodically, I publish āupdatesā to previous questions and answers published in this space. The following was published in 2018. The update follows the original Q&A.
Ask Amy: Wife braces herself for husbandās adultery
Dear Amy: I married a lovely man two years ago. We lived together for three years before marrying.