Dear Annie: I have some thoughts to share with "Avoiding Ex," the man dodging his allegedly dramacreating ex, and any other divorced parents with grown children. Grow up, please, for the sake of your kids and grandkids. You are, after all, the parents who chose for your child's family to look the way it does.
Dear Annie: My husband and I will be married two years in December. Prior to getting married, we had a "good" sex life. We discussed having a child of our own (I have three from a previous marriage), and he doesn't have any.
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Dear Annie: I have always looked up to my older sisters. They are twins and six years older than me. We all had difficult childhoods because our father was an abuser. He isolated my sisters by calling them special and putting me and my other siblings down.
Dear Annie: I was raised in a Southern family that insisted on teaching good manners. As an adult, I have continued to practice good etiquette and have referenced Emily Post and your articles when I'm not sure what's right.
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