The author at the base of High Falls outside Asheville, North Carolina. It was October 2020, and my partner and I were fortunate to be on remote teams that had weathered the initial COVID fallout.

She’s on her fourth attempt at a career-defining exam. She told her partner exactly what she needed—structure, peace, and one celebratory dinner she could actually enjoy guilt-free. What she got ...

DEAR ABBY: My partner and I have been together more than five years now. He has two adult children. I learned two days ago that I am pregnant. At 43 years old, I didn’t think a child was in my future.

DEAR ABBY: My husband’s 50th birthday (we’re both men) is approaching, and I wanted to have a surprise party for him. His family, my family and the two of us all live in different states on the East ...

But when they arrived at their rental house, his mom was there "Apparently, he thought it would be a 'nice surprise' since she 'never gets out much' and could watch the kids while we 'went out,' " she ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband has four grown children -- one from his first marriage; three with his late wife. Talk about drama! Who talks to whom? Who can’t stand whom? Who gets annoyed when one of them ...

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been together for 34 years, married for 25 of them. We both brought children from previous marriages into the relationship; he has two and I have two. A week before ...