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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Anna: The threesome went great. So why do I feel so bad?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Anna,

I’m an experienced threesome participant, but I’ve been happily
monogamous for years. Recently, my wife and I decided to try having a
threesome together because she never really got to have the fun, slutty
20s experience she wanted...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/datingadvice/s-4213522</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Atheist offended by others’ prayers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I’m writing this to get your opinion about something that has been bothering me for a while but has been exacerbated by the recent illness of my mother. Although I was brought up Catholic, in my adult life I am a practicing atheist. I...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4209048</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Husband Gambles Away Down Payment On Sports]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband and I have been saving for a house, but I
figured out last week that he is addicted to sports betting and that a
lot of our savings has been feeding his addiction. I was completely
blindsided by this discovery; I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/senseandsensitivity/s-4209040</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['thank You' For Your 'help']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MISS MANNERS: I live on a private lane of just five houses, each
with large surrounding fields. After mowing my (perfectly dry) field, I
went over to my neighbors' to perform a courtesy mow of theirs, as they
both work full-time.

On the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/missmanners/s-4209039</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Love at Full Volume]]></title>
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Dear Annie: My husband and I both work from home and each have our own
offices. The problem is our walls are thin and his voice is LOUD. It
travels through walls and doors and can even be heard by colleagues I'm
speaking with when we both have ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4209013</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Single File(: Create Love]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[You sigh for it -- and sometimes your sighing deepens into outright
yearning. You dream of discovering lover and best friend in one
wonderful one. Your yearning is hidden from the daylight in a zillion
ways, but in the dark of night, masks slip ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/singlefile/s-4212620</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Dating Coach Erika: What did they mean when they said that?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[All too often, I get questions like these from clients:

--“What did they mean when they said that?”

--“How can I ask, ‘What are we?’”

--“Why didn’t they text me this morning like usual?”

--“Why don’t we have plans lined ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/datingadvice/s-4212389</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[They've been happily married for nearly 20 years. They just live 3,000 miles apart]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA -- Duwenavue Santé Johnson and Joseph Carrillo first
met in San Francisco when they lived a block apart.

But that arrangement didn’t last. They have now been married for 17
years, and have lived 3,000 miles apart for the majority ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/datingadvice/s-4212312</link>
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    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Sister ghosts brother and mother over politics]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I’m 70, and my 68-year-old sister has ghosted me over politics. After the 2024 election she stopped responding to me – no birthday or Christmas cards, no phone calls, no emails. She also did this in 2016 – ghosting my mother (82 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4207907</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daughter Cannot Manage To Finish Degree]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR HARRIETTE: My daughter is struggling to complete college. She has
been in her undergraduate program now for six years and she will need a
seventh before she graduates. She is majoring in mechanical engineering
with a minor in data science. I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/senseandsensitivity/s-4207895</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Long-Distance Friend's Spouse Always Chimes In]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MISS MANNERS: A dear friend and I live several hours away from
each other, so to keep in touch, we speak often on the telephone. He
works part-time, so he usually calls me on his off days when his wife is
home. This is the problem.

If she ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/missmanners/s-4207894</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Missing the Sisterhood Beneath the Scorekeeping]]></title>
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Dear Annie: My sister and I grew up sharing everything: clothes,
secrets, bedrooms, even blame when one of us broke something in the
house. For most of my life, she was my first phone call and my safest
place to land.

But in the last few years,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4207875</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Disgraced Brother-In-Law Is Back In The Picture]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR ABBY: Four years ago, after our family gathering for Christmas, my
brother-in-law sent me a message saying I looked "sexy" in my sweater. I
replied, "thanks." A year later, at another family gathering, he sent me
messages asking about my car,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearabby/s-4207750</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Son’s family lives in squalor but won’t make any changes]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My son is in his 40s and has been a stay-at-home dad for 12 years. His wife, same age, has a demanding job and he is responsible for anything having to do with the house and their two middle school-aged girls. They all seem happy with ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4206715</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Woman Can Help Boyfriend Understand Her Culture]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR HARRIETTE: I am an American-born Caribbean woman currently dating
an African American man. As we begin to get more serious, I want to
introduce him to my family soon. I was raised in an open family that was
not xenophobic or exclusionary, so ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/senseandsensitivity/s-4206707</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Restaurant Celebrations Becoming Unaffordable]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MISS MANNERS: I acknowledge that a person should not be hosting
their own birthday parties. However, if I had to wait until I could
afford to take everyone out to dinner to invite them out for a good
time, we'd never go.

Dining out has ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/missmanners/s-4206706</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teen's Cold Shoulder Leaves Mom Feeling Shut Out]]></title>
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Dear Annie: My 15-year-old daughter and I used to be extremely close.
She was the kind of child who would climb into the car after school and
tell me everything before I even pulled out of the parking lot: who sat
with whom at lunch, what her ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4206674</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Mother doesn’t want son at family funeral because of his drinking]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: My father recently passed after a long battle with dementia. My 45-year-old son who was close to my father is an alcoholic. He was sober for almost two years and then relapsed a few weeks ago after learning my father was close to death....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4205610</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Summer Job Applicant Ghosted By Employer]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MISS MANNERS: Back in February, I inquired about a job opening for
the summer. I was invited to have an interview with my potential
employer, whereupon we had a great conversation and he expressed
interest in hiring me.

However, his season ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/missmanners/s-4205599</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Honoring Sacrifice Beyond the Long Weekend]]></title>
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Dear Readers: Memorial Day arrives each year wrapped in red, white and
blue, but at its heart, it is a day of quiet gratitude.

It is the unofficial beginning of summer, yes. There will be hamburgers
on grills, children running barefoot through ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4205568</link>
 
    <pubDate>May/25/2026</pubDate>
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