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Cold Feet: Time To Call Off The Wedding, Or Chill?

For some brides and grooms-to-be, even a heat wave in the thick of wedding season isn't enough to ward off cold feet. Sometimes the pressure or expense of a pending wedding can cloud judgment about whether to call it off. Syndicated advice columnist Amy Dickinson talks about how to handle degrees of cold and cool feet.

Cold Feet: Time To Call Off The Wedding, Or Chill?

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How To Talk To Parents About Assisted Living

The conversation about if and when to move a parent to an assisted living facility can alter family dynamics and divide siblings. Some parents may be resistant to move even after their health and the condition of their home deteriorate.

How To Talk To Parents About Assisted Living

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Wives Increasingly Earning More Than Husbands

Men are increasingly likely to marry women who make more than they do, according to a new study on the changing economics of marriage. Columnist Amy Dickinson and clinical psychologist Joshua Coleman discuss what that role reversal means for some couples.

Wives Increasingly Earning More Than Husbands

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Ask Amy: Economic Stimulus From Mom And Dad

Parents sign on to nurture their children, to feed and clothe them, to give them warm safe places to sleep. And many have taken that duty even further, and provided their adult kids with infusions of cash. Has the recession changed how you support your grown-up kids?

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Starting Over: Pressing Life's Reset Button

Starting over could be the result of moving to another country, salvaging the remains of a burned down home or ending a marriage. The experience can feel anywhere from devastating to cathartic. If you've started over, tell us about how you reset your life.

Starting Over: Pressing Life's Reset Button

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Ask Amy: Your Relatives In A Recession

Layoffs, foreclosures and dwindling savings accounts have affected many households. Chicago Tribune columnist Amy Dickinson has some advice on where to draw the line with in-laws, siblings, parents and adult children who knock on your door looking for help.

Ask Amy: Your Relatives In A Recession

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Ask Amy: Your Relationship In A Recession

Whether your lover has just been hit by unemployment or you and your spouse are living in a cash-strapped household, Ask Amy's Amy Dickinson may be able to help. Are economic hard times putting a strain on your relationship?

Ask Amy: Your Relationship In A Recession

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Presidential Inauguration Of Barack Obama

No, You Can't: Turning Down Inauguration Guests

Washington, D.C. residents like Veronica Miller have had a shared experience lately — calls from folks they haven't seen in ages, looking for places to stay for the Inauguration. Fortunately, advice columnist Amy Dickinson has tips on how to turn down unwanted houseguests.

No, You Can't: Turning Down Inauguration Guests

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The Ultimate Election Night Party

Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!, talks about how to plan the ultimate election night party, and syndicated columnist Amy Dickinson discusses proper etiquette once you arrive.

The Ultimate Election Night Party

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Ka-Ching! 'Ask Amy' Answers Wedding Etiquette Questions

It's wedding season, and some couples are asking the guests to bring their love, their support, and their CASH to pay for the ceremony. Are 'pot luck weddings' the latest craze, or just a bad phase?

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Talking Politics in the Workplace

What do you do when musings, debates, or all out rants about the election surface around the water cooler? Syndicated columnist "Ask Amy" Dickinson talks about how to gracefully handle passionate political discussions spilling over the cubicle walls.

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When Should You Stand By Your Spouse?

Silda Spitzer stood beside her husband, New York governor Eliot Spitzer, as he apologized amid allegations that he was connected to a high-end prostitution ring. While some applaud her loyalty, others argue that she should not have been so supportive.

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That (Annoying!) Thing You Do

Let's face it, even the most compatible partners sometimes drive each other nuts. She's always late. He snaps his gum. And no one listens carefully enough. Syndicated advice columnist Amy Dickinson talks about those darn pet peeves and how we should handle them.

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Fight or Flight? Why Some People Choose to Flee

Ever have the urge to just... disappear? A British man deeply in debt faked his own death and turned up five years later with "amnesia." A runaway bride stressed by her wedding plans left town to avoid taking her vows. Why do people run?

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Who Is Missing from Your Thanksgiving Table?

Listeners talk about the loved ones who are absent from their gathering this Thanksgiving. Whether they are serving overseas in the military, stuck in highway traffic, or at work producing an upcoming broadcast, who is missing from your table this year?

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Halloween Costumes Getting Less Scary, More Sexy

Skimpy costumes are the fad these days, says Amy Dickinson, author of the syndicated advice column "Ask Amy." Callers weigh in on appropriate costumes for kids and teens, and the debate over "healthy" trick-or-treating: real apples or candy apples?

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'Ask Amy' Weighs In on Teens and Tough Love

This week Congress heard testimony from parents whose children died at teen wilderness programs. While critics say the so-called "boot camps" are abusive, some parents swear by them. Chicago Tribune columnist Amy Dickinson offers advice for parents whose teens have extreme behavioral problems.

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Animal or Accessory? 'Ask Amy' Weighs In

Do you tuck your dog in your handbag as your personal travel accessory? Chicago Tribune columnist Amy Dickinson has received many letters about this growing trend. She discusses the fad of canine friends as shopping companions.

Animal or Accessory? 'Ask Amy' Weighs In

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Do Your Kids Need More of You, or Less?

One common worry for parents is whether they are paying too much, or too little, attention to their children. "Ask Amy" columnist Amy Dickinson gives advice on how parents can create the right balance in the relationship between parent and child.

Do Your Kids Need More of You, or Less?

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Modern Girls and the Modesty Movement

There's a growing modesty movement among girls. The modern and modest clothing line is just one example. But skeptics wonder, why do we push boys toward adventure, but tell girls to cover up?

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