In today’s Dear Annie column, a reader questions dating roles, equality and whether refusing to initiate truly builds balanced love.

Dear Annie: Now that my husband and I are in our 70s, it feels as if our social world has shrunk to the size of a postage stamp. Friends have moved away to be near their children, others are dealing ...

DEAR ABBY: I am 29 and on the autism spectrum, and I live with my parents. I work a full-time job I enjoy and help my folks out financially wherever I can, but my life feels like it is at a dead end.

Dear Annie: I am starting to feel like my whole life is lived through a screen, and I am ashamed to admit how much control my phone seems to have over me. I am 42 and married, with two kids in middle ...

Dear Annie: My friend of 20 years confessed to having a crush on her executive coach, which then developed into a flirtation, which then became a sexting affair. I have always known she is unhappy in ...

Dear Annie: I am starting to feel like my whole life is lived through a screen, and I am ashamed to admit how much control my phone seems to have over me. I am 42 and married, with two kids in middle ...

Dear Annie: I feel like my entire life is built around not disappointing people. I say yes at work when I am already stretched thin. I say yes to family favors, extra projects at my kid’s school and ...

DEAR ANNIE: My friend of 20 years confessed to having a crush on her executive coach, which then developed into a flirtation, ...

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