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DEAR WORRIED: If your son gets pulled over while under the influence of marijuana, he’ll get a DUI. And the fact that he’s ...

I had a high school boyfriend 47 years ago but left him. He came to my house the day before I was marrying someone else and ...

My high school boyfriend came to my house the day before I was marrying someone else and begged me not to marry him, but I ...

Dear Annie: I had a high school boyfriend 47 years ago but left him. He came to my house the day before I was marrying ...

Dear Reader: If your son gets pulled over while under the influence of marijuana, he’ll get a DUI. And the fact that he’s ...

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"I don’t know how to process my guilt and grief and wondering what might have been. He never got married nor had any kids.