DEAR READERS: I couldn’t let April Fools’ Day go by without featuring a few of the more colorful letters that have shown up in my mail recently: DEAR ABBY: I’m getting ready to undergo my first-ever prostate exam. To be honest, I’m a bit nervous. What should I expect? Also, what’s the dress code for […]

DEAR ABBY: How do I talk to my husband about putting his dog ”Sunny” to sleep? My husband is the most loving, caring, generous person I have ever met, and I don’t know how to tell him it’s time to let his best friend go. Sunny is 15 1/2 years old and can barely walk […]

DEAR ABBY: My oldest son came to me nine months ago asking my opinion. He wanted to donate sperm to a black lesbian couple (for a fee) so they could have a biracial child. He told me he needed the money. I told him I didn’t approve because they are lesbians. (Sorry, I’ll be bashed […]

DEAR ABBY: My 29-year-old brother died suddenly last month. It was completely unexpected. He left behind a wife and 1-year-old son. Although they lived across the country, she allowed us to bring him home for his funeral and burial. I took care of a lot of the arrangements on this end, while she took care […]

DEAR ABBY: I met a man eight years ago who has become everything to me. We see each other weekly and discuss life, work, home and more. We are both married to other people. Our relationship is not only emotional but also physical. We are secretive about our relationship only with our children — we […]

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating my boyfriend for two years. He is applying to graduate school, while I am applying to medical school. He’s wonderful and we talk often about marriage and our future. Both of us have student loan debt, which we are aggressively working to pay down, pulling long hours at work. […]

DEAR ABBY: I’m 39 and have been married for nine years. Three years into our marriage I got sick and lost a lot of weight. I now turn heads everywhere I go. All except the head I want to turn — my husband’s. He drives a truck and all he does is talk to and […]

DEAR ABBY: I find myself sometimes wanting to commit the most heinous of crimes. The desire to do this has been with me my entire life. I was sexually abused by my mother and oldest brother. While that’s no excuse, I understand why I may be the way I am. At 51, I have never […]

DEAR ABBY: My sister and I have no interest in body piercing (except our ears), but we have seen it on friends and are not impressed. However, our 44-year-old mom got her nipples pierced and has started wearing jewelry there! Our parents are divorced and she’s not in a relationship right now, so it’s not […]