The following are actual letters that Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby) admitted
she was at a total loss to answer:
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Dear Abby,
A couple of women moved in across the hall from me.
One is a middle-aged gym teacher, and the other is a social worker in her
mid twenties. These two women go everywhere together, and I've never seen a
man go into their apartment or come out. Do you think they could be
Lebanese?
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Dear Abby,
What can I do about all the sex, nudity, language and violence on my VCR?
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Dear Abby,
I have a man I never could trust. He cheats so much I'm not even sure this
baby I'm carrying is even his.
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Dear Abby,
I am a twenty-three-year-old liberated woman who has been on the pill for
two years. It's getting expensive, and I think my boyfriend should share
half the cost, but I don't know him well enough to discuss money with him.
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Dear Abby,
Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was raised in a
good Christian home turn against his own?
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Dear Abby,
I joined the Navy to see the world. I've seen it. Now, how do I get out?
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Dear Abby,
My forty-year-old son has been paying a psychiatrist $50 an hour every week
for two- and-a-half years. He must be crazy.
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Dear Abby,
Do you think it would be all right if I gave my doctor a little gift? I
tried for years to get pregnant and couldn't, and he did it.
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Dear Abby,
My mother is mean and short-tempered. Do you think she is going through her
mental pause?
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Dear Abby,
You told some woman whose husband had lost all interest in sex to send him
to a doctor. Well, my husband lost all interest in sex years ago and he IS a
doctor. What now?
she was at a total loss to answer:
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Dear Abby,
A couple of women moved in across the hall from me.
One is a middle-aged gym teacher, and the other is a social worker in her
mid twenties. These two women go everywhere together, and I've never seen a
man go into their apartment or come out. Do you think they could be
Lebanese?
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Dear Abby,
What can I do about all the sex, nudity, language and violence on my VCR?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Abby,
I have a man I never could trust. He cheats so much I'm not even sure this
baby I'm carrying is even his.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Abby,
I am a twenty-three-year-old liberated woman who has been on the pill for
two years. It's getting expensive, and I think my boyfriend should share
half the cost, but I don't know him well enough to discuss money with him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Abby,
Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was raised in a
good Christian home turn against his own?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Abby,
I joined the Navy to see the world. I've seen it. Now, how do I get out?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Abby,
My forty-year-old son has been paying a psychiatrist $50 an hour every week
for two- and-a-half years. He must be crazy.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Abby,
Do you think it would be all right if I gave my doctor a little gift? I
tried for years to get pregnant and couldn't, and he did it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Abby,
My mother is mean and short-tempered. Do you think she is going through her
mental pause?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Abby,
You told some woman whose husband had lost all interest in sex to send him
to a doctor. Well, my husband lost all interest in sex years ago and he IS a
doctor. What now?
