Dear Abby: When an old friend comes to visit, she brings her overnight bag ... I wish she wouldn’t
DEAR ABBY: I have an old friend who lives an hour from me. I visit her for the day and come home. I have never invited her to spend the night at my home, nor do I expect her to invite me for a sleepover when I drive down to see her.
Dear Abby: When friend visits, she talks all day, morning to night
DEAR ABBY: I have an old friend who lives an hour from me. I visit her for the day and come home. I have never invited her to spend the night at my home, nor do I expect her to invite me for a sleepover when I drive down to see her.
Dear Abby: Old friend has worn out her welcome with visits
Dear Abby: I have an old friend who lives an hour from me. I visit her for the day and come home. I have never invited her to spend the night at my home, nor do I expect her to invite me for a sleepover when I drive down to see her.
Dear Abby: What should I do about friend who is driving around with a violent sex offender?
DEAR ABBY: My friend of eight years has her 55-year-old son living with her. She has been driving a man around who she told me is a friend of her son’s and she knows his family. What she never mentioned is that he’s a registered violent sex offender who was just released from prison.
Dear Abby: I’m tired of being my friend’s unpaid therapist; She never leaves
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Dear Abby: Friendship crumbles when truth emerges about visitor
Dear Abby: My friend of eight years has her 55-year-old son living with her. She has been driving a man around who she told me is a friend of her son’s and she knows his family. What she never mentioned is that he’s a registered violent sex offender who was just released from prison.
Dear Abby: My friend’s visit turned into 15 hours of her talking at me
I have an old friend who lives an hour from me. I visit her for the day and come home. I have never invited her to spend the night at my home, nor do I expect her to invite me for a sleepover when I go to see her.
Dear Abby: My friend talks endlessly and treats me like her therapist
"What can I do to put an end to her uninvited overnight stays without hurting her or risking sending her into meltdown?"
Dear Abby: My friend demands to stay the night at my house — how do I kick her out?
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Dear Abby: Old friend is imposing with overnight stays and too much talking
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