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		<title><![CDATA[Not Looking to Cause a Stir]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Annie: I have a family problem for which I would appreciate your
opinion. My wife and I are Americans living in a small village in Italy,
in an area popular with tourists. Recently, I contacted my sister and
her husband from the States and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4258436</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dear Annie; Keeping Seniors Safe Behind the Wheel]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Annie: I am a retired RN, and I was interested when one of your
readers wrote that if an elderly person falls, they should not be
allowed to drive. I am here to tell you there is no direct correlation
between falls and driving. Falls for the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4257564</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Always the Afterthought]]></title>
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Dear Annie: My husband and I have one daughter, and family has always
been important to us. She has several cousins around her age, and we've
always hoped they would grow up close. Over the years, we've been the
ones reaching out to make plans, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4256798</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Your First Job Doesn't Have To Be Your Last]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I'm a recent college grad, and I've always wanted to be a
writer like you. I've applied to more jobs than I can count at
newspapers and magazines but haven't landed a single offer. Everyone
keeps saying "the job market is tough right...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4256194</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Flight Not Taken]]></title>
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Dear Annie: My mom and I have always been close. I'm 35 now, but we talk
almost every day, even though she's in Virginia, where I grew up, and I
moved to Washington state after college. We make an effort to see each
other as much as possible, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4255648</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/23/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Power of Being a Present Parent]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I am a working mother of two young children, and lately the
guilt is eating me alive. I love my job. I worked hard to get where I
am. But every morning when I leave the house, my 4-year-old asks why I
have to go again, and my heart ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4254909</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/22/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kids' Sports Have Squashed Our Summer Fun]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I always pictured summer as the one time of year when our
family could finally slow down. During the school year, we are all
racing from homework to practices to carpools to late dinners. I thought
summer would bring beach days, lazy...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4254128</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Burden of Always Being Available]]></title>
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Dear Annie: My younger sister has always been the "fun one" in our
family. She breezes in late with a bottle of wine and a funny story, and
somehow everyone forgives her before she has even taken off her coat.
She forgets birthdays, cancels ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4253233</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Making Peace With a Changed View]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Annie: My next-door neighbor recently cut down several beautiful
old trees along our shared property line. These were not little
saplings. They were tall, graceful, historic-looking trees that had been
there long before either of us bought ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4252363</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/19/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Growing Older, Feeling Smaller]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I sit here writing to you starting another week much like
the past six months of this year: depressed by the way time has altered
my life.

I'm 76 and married. My routine rarely changes. I wake up, listen to the
news and eat ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4251533</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/18/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Waiting Room Worries]]></title>
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Dear Annie: The doctor I have been seeing for over 20 years has decided
to discontinue her practice in the town I live in and move to another
town. I can't get to that town, so I've asked friends to recommend their
doctors. But I'm dreading ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4250909</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/17/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Season of Distance, Not Goodbye]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I am an 86-year-old mother of three children, a grandmother
of six and great-grandmother of eight. We have always had a great
relationship with our children.

Our youngest daughter, who has always been close to us, went through a
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4250366</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marriage Is More Than Co-Managing]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I have been married to my husband for 18 years, and in many
ways he is a good man. He works hard, pays the bills, shows up for our
children and has never been cruel or unfaithful. From the outside, I am
sure people think I have ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4249173</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/15/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[One Parent's Dream, Another's Heartbreak]]></title>
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Dear Annie: My husband and I are in a painful disagreement about our
children's education. He went to boarding school as a teenager and says
it was one of the best things that ever happened to him. He talks about
the independence, friendships, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4248444</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Holding the Office Together Alone]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I work in a small office where our boss is almost never
there. She comes in late, leaves early, works from home whenever she
feels like it and is often "unavailable" when problems come up.
Meanwhile, the rest of us are expected to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4247561</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mother in the Middle]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I'm writing for advice about a dear friend, "Meg," who we've
known for more than 40 years. She has a son, "Rodney," who went to high
school with our son and who has always been on the edge of being an
outlaw.

Over the years, we've ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4245830</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Perpetual Plus-One]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I'm 29, living in New York City, with a job I love and a
great group of friends -- none of whom are single. Half are married or
engaged, the other half coupled up in serious relationships. I'm
generally OK being single, but going out...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4245191</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/10/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hoping To Heal a Hurting Family]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I've been married for 35 years and have four children and
seven grandchildren. We are a blended family. All the children lived
with, and were raised by, my husband and me.

One of my daughters was always kind of a black sheep, always...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4244670</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When Social Media Likes Define Self-Worth]]></title>
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Dear Annie: My 14-year-old daughter spends far too much time on social
media, and I am beginning to see it affect her mood, confidence and
sleep.

She checks her phone the moment she wakes up and often stays online long
after she is supposed to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4244000</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/08/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My Friend's Joy Highlights My Own Pain]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I am embarrassed to admit this, but I am jealous of my best
friend.

"Claire" and I have been close for more than 20 years. We met in
college, stood in each other's weddings and raised our children
alongside one another. She has ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4243094</link>
 
    <pubDate>Jul/07/2026</pubDate>
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