Lifestyle Columns

Creativity, Not Conformity
Dear Annie®, Nov. 17, 2025
Dear Annie: I am a high school senior trying to decide where to go to college, and I feel completely torn. My parents have made it very clear that they want me to study business.

Sibling Relationship in Shambles
Dear Annie®, Nov. 16, 2025
Dear Annie: My sister and I were once inseparable. We talked every day, shared everything and leaned on each other through some of life's hardest moments — including our parents' divorce and the loss of our mom five years ago.

Electing to End a Friendship
Dear Annie®, Nov. 15, 2025
Dear Annie: After 30 years of friendship, raising kids together, losing our parents and a very good mutual friend, traveling together with our families and so much more, my friend told me after the election last year that she had trouble being around "people like me.