Lifestyle Columns

Faux Pas Costs Me a Friendship
Dear Annie®, Jul. 30, 2026
Dear Annie: Recently, I had a major social misstep that has essentially pushed one of my best friends out of my life. During the week of my birthday, I had a mid-30s crisis; a string of bad memories from dating and bad luck with women hit me and put me in a very emotionally weakened state of mind.

Control vs. Connection
Horoscopes by Holiday, Jul. 30, 2026
There are people who don't mind benefiting from another person's sense of obligation or lack of options. Then there are people who only want what's freely given to them.

Feeling the Sting of Supporting Daughter's Family
Dear Annie®, Jul. 29, 2026
Dear Annie: My husband and I have a 34-year-old daughter who has lived with us all her life (except for maybe a year). She brought her freeloading boyfriend in.