Dear Annie: I have been with a man off and on for seven years. He is my best friend, and I can't live without him. A few years ago, he stole my stimulus check of $1,200, and he brought other women home, claiming he was only doing business with them. He doesn't have a job. I'm paying all the ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: Why aren't meningococcal vaccines recommended for people over the age of 23? Are they assuming (wrongly) that most people have already received them or that most won't (again, probably wrongly) be exposed? When I worked in the emergency room long ago before there was a ...
Dear Heloise: I'm loving all the ideas that you are receiving about flowers and funerals. I just wanted to give you another idea: A dear friend of my mother's sent a planter of bulbs for my mother's funeral this past February. The flowers were beautiful and bright at that time of year, and ...
Dear Annie: Kids today are pushed too early to make career decisions. The first two years of college are a good time to take different courses to see where one's interest lies. A major can easily be declared as a junior, and ample credits can be accumulated in that discipline in the last ...
DEAR DR ROACH: In a recent column, you wrote that hormone replacement therapy should be considered in elderly women to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) by stopping bacteria from getting into the bladder in the first place. How does this work? Which is better: pills or vaginal creams? ...
Dear Annie: If you are invited to a wedding shower, should you always be invited to the wedding? I was invited to a good friend's shower for her daughter. I gave a generous gift. No wedding invitation ever came. I've now found myself questioning this friendship in silence. No mention was ...
