Miss Manners: Please don’t start scanning your items before I’ve bagged mine!

Miss Manners: Please don’t start scanning your items before I’ve bagged mine!

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What do you think about people who start scanning their items at grocery store self-checkouts and sending them down the belt before one has finished bagging one’s own items? I have experienced this rude and selfish behavior on several occasions. Today, when a lady behind me sent her items down the belt … Read more

Dear Abby: Daughter feels abandoned as dad adds to his family

Dear Abby: Daughter feels abandoned as dad adds to his family

DEAR ABBY: I’m a millennial. I am successful in my career and lucky to have a loving husband and two amazing children. I am, however, trying to remind myself to be “better and not bitter” in another huge area of my life. The world is changing so quickly, especially in the field of in vitro … Read more

Dear Abby: Woman knows truth of man’s parentage and wonders if it’s a story she should tell

Dear Abby: Woman knows truth of man’s parentage and wonders if it’s a story she should tell

DEAR ABBY: Forty years ago, a neighborhood boy fathered a child with a neighborhood girl. “Billy” was 17 at the time, and “Becky” was 14 or 15. Both were friends of mine. They were not a steady couple. She liked him, but I feel he used her. I heard that she married an older gentleman … Read more