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Excessive photographer making me want to snap

Q. We have a friend who takes a lot of photos. He carries his digital camera with him all the time. He loves to capture the moment – 24/7, 365. He takes pictures of everything!We have become accustomed to all this, but it is still rather annoying and somewhat rude and invasive the way he goes ...

Words, words, words

Q. What is the protocol when a dear friend repeatedly uses an incorrect word or incorrectly pronounces something when speaking to you? For instance, recently, my friend was speaking of the proper “protocol” for visiting a doctor’s office (under these pandemic conditions), but she said ...

Friend request accepted

Q. I have been dating this guy for almost nine months, and we often talk about getting married. Yet, I find myself preoccupied with a small thing: He doesn’t accept my friend requests on Facebook. Several times now, I have sent him a friend request, and it hasn’t been accepted. After three ...

Call me by my name

Q. My daughter, “Connie,” left home when she was at 17 to join the army. I was going through a separation, and then divorce, from her father. Before leaving, she was very unruly and hard to handle. So her father and I decided to sign her up for the army since she was underage. I still had a ...

Cut the cord

<strong>Q.</strong> For over four years, I was with and engaged to who I believed to be an incredible man. He was smart, funny and hardworking. We had to live in two separate states for work, but I commuted as much as I could and helped with his bills. I learned six ...

Family safety first

<strong>Q.</strong> We were in the same situation as Divided Family, anticipating an eight-hour drive to New Orleans for a family wedding we really wanted to attend. We decided not to go because of the pandemic but sent not only the usual wedding gift but also the ...