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Dear Abby: I am a victim of childhood sexual abuse. I I'm 52 years old, and the memories I've suppressed for so many years are coming back to haunt me. I have been living with my husband for 14 years. We had a very sexual relationship, but lately memories have made me avoid being close to him. I want to report it to law enforcement, but my mother is still married to my abuser and I Not I want to hurt her. He also molested my older sister and cousin. Help me please. — TIRED OF LIVING IN POVERTY

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DEAR TIRED: I'm very sorry about what happened to you. I'm guessing you haven't received any counseling to help you deal with this. If This case, I encourage you search some now. Talk With your sister and your cousin. Explain that the memories of being molested by your mother's husband have returned completely. strength, and ask if they will join you filed a police report about what he did. If they refuse, do it alone. This may save other young women from being attacked by him. If your mother doesn't know what happened, she deserves to know.

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Dear Abby: Some longtime friends, the “Smiths,” are driving us crazy. They are the kind of people who are ready to do anything for us, but were at the end of our rope with them. Every conversation involves listening to them brag about their son or grandson, neither of whom are anything special. The Smiths never ask about our children and grandchildren.

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We have had to stop inviting them when we invite others to dinner at our house. Friends quietly asked us Not invite them when the Smiths are there. They dominate conversations with their endless stories that no one else cares about.

The Smiths are hypersensitive. Any request to them change their behavior will result in immediate loss of friendship. Help! – WORN IN ALABAMA

DEAR WORN: Stop inviting the Smiths to dinner, and you'll find it increasingly difficult to get to other social events. Eventually they will understand the clue. However, if they Notyou will be forced to tell them why you stopped. When you finally do this, your issue will be moot, but you will have done them a favor.

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Dear Abby: I am a woman who has been in love with a gorgeous woman for over 30 years. She always in my thoughts and forever in my heart. She shows signs of the same feeling. My problem is that I've never loved like this before and I Not know how to approach it. When a person is ridiculed everywhere bad marriageit ruins your self-esteem. I I'm afraid that I might lose her as a friend. I feel like we should have been together. How can I express my feelings for her? — LET'S GO TO THE EAST

DEAR DESCENDANT TO MADNESS: You stated that this woman “showed signs” of feeling the same way as you? What were they? How often? Are you both single and she's single? Share your feelings with her, but Be prepared for these romantic feelings not to be reciprocated.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jean Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact dear Abby at DearAbby.com or PO Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Dear Abby: I am a victim of childhood sexual abuse. I I'm 52 years old, and the memories I've suppressed for so many years are coming back to haunt me. I have been living with my husband for 14 years. We had a very sexual relationship, but lately memories have made me avoid being close to him. I want to report it to law enforcement, but my mother is still married to my abuser and I Not I want to hurt her. He also molested my older sister and cousin. Help me please. — TIRED OF LIVING IN POVERTY

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DEAR TIRED: I'm very sorry about what happened to you. I'm guessing you haven't received any counseling to help you deal with this. If This case, I encourage you search some now. Talk With your sister and your cousin. Explain that the memories of being molested by your mother's husband have returned completely. strength, and ask if they will join you filed a police report about what he did. If they refuse, do it alone. This may save other young women from being attacked by him. If your mother doesn't know what happened, she deserves to know.

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Dear Abby: Some longtime friends, the “Smiths,” are driving us crazy. They are the kind of people who are ready to do anything for us, but were at the end of our rope with them. Every conversation involves listening to them brag about their son or grandson, neither of whom are anything special. The Smiths never ask about our children and grandchildren.

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We have had to stop inviting them when we invite others to dinner at our house. Friends quietly asked us Not invite them when the Smiths are there. They dominate conversations with their endless stories that no one else cares about.

The Smiths are hypersensitive. Any request to them change their behavior will result in immediate loss of friendship. Help! – WORN IN ALABAMA

DEAR WORN: Stop inviting the Smiths to dinner, and you'll find it increasingly difficult to get to other social events. Eventually they will understand the clue. However, if they Notyou will be forced to tell them why you stopped. When you finally do this, your issue will be moot, but you will have done them a favor.

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Dear Abby: I am a woman who has been in love with a gorgeous woman for over 30 years. She always in my thoughts and forever in my heart. She shows signs of the same feeling. My problem is that I've never loved like this before and I Not know how to approach it. When a person is ridiculed everywhere bad marriageit ruins your self-esteem. I I'm afraid that I might lose her as a friend. I feel like we should have been together. How can I express my feelings for her? — LET'S GO TO THE EAST

DEAR DESCENDANT TO MADNESS: You stated that this woman “showed signs” of feeling the same way as you? What were they? How often? Are you both single and she's single? Share your feelings with her, but Be prepared for these romantic feelings not to be reciprocated.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jean Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact dear Abby at DearAbby.com or PO Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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