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		<title><![CDATA[Living on Purpose]]></title>
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Some weeks have themes. The theme for my week was authenticity. I had to
make choices about what it meant to live an authentic life, and
unfortunately, someone who embodied it better than almost anyone else
went to rest this week.

The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/millieniallife/s-4286657</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Mandatory mental health days stress employee]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: Once a year, the company I work for encourages a day off from work spent with coworkers labeled as a "mental health day." To me this would be OK if we didn't spend so much time together at work. I work 40 hours a week with these people....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4283528</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I Want My Mom Back]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I feel a little silly even writing this because my mother is
a wonderful grandmother. She absolutely adores my children, and they
adore her. But lately, I've started to feel like she is much more
interested in being their grandmother...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4283497</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daughter's Unemployed Fiance Fails To Impress Mom]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR ABBY: One year ago, I convinced my daughter (64) to move here to
Florida to be closer to me. I bought her a small mobile home to live in,
and I don't charge her any rent. Before she moved down here from
Minnesota, she agreed to pay the lot ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearabby/s-4283450</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Noisy neighbor kids mar backyard oasis]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: After working 50 years, I recently retired. At the same time, the house next door to us was sold to a family with six children, ranging in age from newborn to 10 years old. We do not have large lots. What was once my backyard oasis (I ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4282760</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teen Prefers Being Alone]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR HARRIETTE: My 16-year-old daughter is determined to completely
isolate herself. She says she doesn't want any friends, so she acts very
mean and disinterested in other kids at school and extracurricular
activities. At home, she likes to stay ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/senseandsensitivity/s-4282756</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Backhanded Compliments At The Reunion]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MISS MANNERS: I attended my high school reunion about 10 years
ago, and while standing in line at the buffet, a former classmate told
me, "Gee, you look a lot better than you did in high school."

I believe my response was "Thanks ... I think...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/missmanners/s-4282755</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Time To Check Out of This Friendship?]]></title>
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Dear Annie: Seven years ago, I retired and moved to a different state.

A friend of mine who lives in my old town has continuously used my new
house like her personal hotel. She has family and friends in my area and
will text, "Are you open to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4282738</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retired Husband Drives Remote Worker Wife Up A Wall]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR ABBY: I am at my wits' end with "Barney," my husband of 35 years.
He retired two years ago, but I am still working and likely will for
several more years. I've worked from home successfully since long before
the COVID-19 pandemic, which was ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearabby/s-4282665</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Wife’s complaint gets husband in hot water at work]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: I have a stressful job with coworkers that I think are nice but inept. My boss’s boss is his brother and there are a few other family members at the company, so it’s no surprise to me that people with no skills seem to have ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4282167</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Neighbor Shows Up For Dinner Regularly]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband and I fundamentally disagree on how to deal
with a neighbor who has no boundaries. This guy has fallen on hard times
and does virtually nothing to help himself. He has been offered jobs but
doesn't take them. He wanders ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/senseandsensitivity/s-4282161</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Airing Literal Dirty Laundry]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there an etiquette prohibition against airing
one's dirty laundry? And I mean literally -- as from the balcony of a
historic hotel facing a beautiful public park!

Perhaps a swimsuit on a chair, or in an inner courtyard ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/missmanners/s-4282160</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Decades Later, Betrayal Comes to Light]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I'm going through a difficult divorce after 58 years of
marriage to an alcoholic. Recently he told me two things I never knew:
that he slept with my sister the night before our wedding and, years
later, when they were both in the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4282144</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Metronome Man Bounces Between Two Wives]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR ABBY: Twenty-six years ago, I began what was supposed to be an
affair with my current girlfriend, "Lacey." I was married at the time,
and when my then-wife caught me, I was told we needed only to figure out
who got what out of the marriage. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearabby/s-4282077</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking Eric: Adult child of friends ruins parties]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Eric: We are an empty-nester couple in our 50s. We entertain often, and in one group is a couple who have an adult child, W, who lives with them. This couple frequently asks if W is invited too. We always say yes. The problem is that W tends ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/askingeric/s-4281521</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mother Keeps Inviting Ex To Family Gatherings]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR HARRIETTE: My mom keeps inviting my ex-husband to our family
gatherings, even though I told her not to. She insists he is still a
part of our family, especially since he and I have three children
together. My ex-husband and I honestly aren't ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/senseandsensitivity/s-4281514</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Not A Compliment, Not An Insult -- Just A Fact]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR MISS MANNERS: Friends and strangers often say to me, "Your hair is
really long." While this is better than "you look tired," it is still
not exactly a compliment, so I don't feel right saying "thank you."

Is there anything more interesting ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/missmanners/s-4281513</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How and When To Unpack Your Baggage]]></title>
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Dear Annie: I have now been married and divorced three times, with a
total of over 37 years of married life. Though I doubt I will marry
again at this stage of life, I would like to find a woman interested in
a lasting, serious relationship. In ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearannie/s-4281495</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Visiting Niece Starts Smear Campaign Against Her Dad]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEAR ABBY: I got permission from my estranged brother to invite his
17-year-old daughter, "Ella," to spend a month with my family this
summer. We live on the East Coast, and she lives on the West Coast.

Ella is about to graduate from high school ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dearabby/s-4281445</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Epilogue]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's that time again, that magic season of change and rebirth. And it's
in that spirit that I offer you the words of my son, Scott, the amazing
next generation of my gene pool. You are about to digest his words
exactly as he wrote them, unchanged ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/singlefile/s-4284357</link>
 
    <pubDate>Aug/26/2026</pubDate>
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