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Annie Lane

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Dear Annie: My daughter is the only grandchild, and my mother gives her a gift every time we see her. I’ve told her several times that we don’t want to overwhelm our child (3 years old) with material things, that she has too many toys she doesn’t play with.

By Annie Lane March 27, 2024
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Dear Annie: When my nephew was a toddler and his family visited, my mom (his grandmother) got big furniture boxes discarded from stores and made forts and tunnels in our large family room.

By Annie Lane March 26, 2024
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Dear Readers: We recently ran a letter from someone who complained that cashiers at grocery stores rarely thank them, the customers.

By Annie Lane March 25, 2024
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Dear Annie: I could have written the letter from "Regretful," who was sad that she and her husband had left the city and moved into a rural area where she is missing out on so much that had made her life fun.

By Annie Lane March 24, 2024
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Dear Annie: My only brother is 70, two years younger than me. We’ve not been close or communicating for months. I still resent his failure to acknowledge my marriage years ago. He was not present at my wedding, nor did he even send a greeting card.

By Annie Lane March 23, 2024
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Dear Annie: My daughter broke up with her boyfriend several months ago. She just recently hooked back up with him. Needless to say, I don't like him. He is spoiled and rude.

By Annie Lane March 22, 2024
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Dear Annie: My daughter received some lovely gifts for her quinceanera . Unfortunately, there were a few without cards or tags. I am not sure if the card became accidentally separated from the gift, or if there was no card or tag in the first place.

By Annie Lane March 21, 2024
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Dear Annie: My husband is a hypochondriac. It is so very hard living with him. Every time he hears of someone in our family coming down with an illness, he claims he has it. He is a healthy man and perfectly able-bodied.

By Annie Lane March 20, 2024
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Dear Readers: A recent column about the caregiver who felt worn out prompted a deluge of letters, mostly from others who are, or have been, caregivers themselves.

By Annie Lane March 19, 2024
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Dear Annie: My daughter is 8 years old and was recently diagnosed with autism.

By Annie Lane March 18, 2024
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Dear Annie: My parents have had property for many, many years. This property was to be divided among us kids upon their death.

By Annie Lane March 17, 2024
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Dear Annie: Our granddaughter had been on drugs for several years. She had been in and out of jail and rehabs.

By Annie Lane March 15, 2024
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Dear Annie: Please give me your opinion. I am an 84-year-old widow. I have one child, a son, and one grandchild in town. My other children live hours away. I no longer drive.

By Annie Lane March 14, 2024
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Dear Annie: It has recently come to my attention that my middle adult son has molested my adult daughter when she was 8 years old. She broke down and told me tearfully last week.

By Annie Lane March 13, 2024
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Dear Annie: I come from a long history of family dysfunction. Child abuse, toxicity and abandonment are all I ever knew growing up. I developed severe complex PTSD and borderline personality disorder coming into my preteen years.

By Annie Lane March 12, 2024
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Dear Annie: Sixteen years ago, I separated from my wife, as we were headed toward a divorce.

By Annie Lane March 11, 2024
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Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 17 years and have five adopted children through foster care.

By Annie Lane March 10, 2024
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Dear Annie: I’m retired, which is fine, but not having to go to a job only leaves me with more time to live with my problem. It’s one that I’ve had for a very long time.

By Annie Lane March 9, 2024
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Dear Annie: I have been dating my boyfriend for four years and am very lucky to call him mine.

By Annie Lane March 7, 2024
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Dear Annie: I’ll be married for 25 years this coming June, 30 years together. My husband is great, but he is not interested in sex anymore. He told me, “It’s just not important to me.”

By Annie Lane March 6, 2024
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Dear Annie: I have a son who’s going to be 3 in August. He’s been going through the “Terrible Twos,” and as you can imagine, it’s been terrible

By Annie Lane March 5, 2024
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Dear Annie: My daughter has a 13-year-old son by her first husband and a 14-month-old by her new husband.

By Annie Lane March 4, 2024
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How can I get people who visit me to wash their hands after they use the bathroom?

By Annie Lane March 3, 2024
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Dear Annie: I have a cousin who I grew up with (literally in the same building) for eight years of my life. After our families moved, we stayed close. In recent years I’ve begun to realize how selfish, self-centered and manipulative my cousin is.

By Annie Lane March 2, 2024
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This is a tough situation and I'm at a loss for what to do next. First, I've been battling a worsening depression for a few years now....

By Annie Lane March 1, 2024
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Dear Annie: I need advice on how to approach my son about the disorder in his house. He was raised in a very neat home. When he lived alone for several years, his house was immaculate. He’s now been married for four years. They have a 2-year-old and one on the way.

By Annie Lane February 29, 2024
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Dear Annie: I am 70 years old and blessed with two well-settled and caring grown children (one son and one daughter), who have each been blessed with two kids of their own. My marriage of 36 years fell apart six years ago.

By Annie Lane February 28, 2024
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Dear Annie: When I was 6 years old, my father left my mother for another woman who was 14 years his junior. She had actually been his secretary and had been with him for a couple of years before the divorce.

By Annie Lane February 27, 2024
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Dear Annie: Thank you for letting people know the importance of donating pet food to food banks and shelters.

By Annie Lane February 26, 2024
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Dear Annie: I have been married for 30 years and feel sad about the way things have been for the last couple of years.

By Annie Lane February 25, 2024
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Dear Annie: Here are some suggestions for grandparents who feel worthless...

By Annie Lane February 24, 2024
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Dear Annie: I am the sole caregiver of my partner of 30 years who started suffering from dementia five years ago.

By Annie Lane February 23, 2024
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Dear Annie: I have a friend whose son was taking a job across the country after his wedding. She hosted a bridal shower since many of us had met her future daughter-in-law and her parents didn’t live nearby.

By Annie Lane February 22, 2024
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Dear Annie: We have a female friend that we have known for years. She lives alone and lost her leg a few years ago, which has limited her ability to venture out.

By Annie Lane February 21, 2024
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Dear Annie: My husband and I have been having a rough time. He cheated on me with a young woman and got her pregnant. I think this was her goal, secretly. She knew he had a wife and wanted him to leave me.

By Annie Lane February 20, 2024
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Dear Annie: I am old, and I worry about falling.

By Annie Lane February 18, 2024
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Dear Annie: Please help me. I am in my mid-40s and have been with a man for seven and a half years.

By Annie Lane February 17, 2024
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Dear Annie: We have a very close friend whose 16-year-old daughter, "Lily," babysits for us quite often.

By Annie Lane February 16, 2024
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Dear Annie: I’ve found myself in a dating maze and desperately need some advice

By Annie Lane February 15, 2024
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Dear Annie: My husband and I are both in our second marriages, and we’ve been together nearly 27 years.

By Annie Lane February 14, 2024
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Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day.

By Annie Lane February 13, 2024
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Dear Annie: I have been married for 23 years.

By Annie Lane February 12, 2024
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Dear Annie: I just read your response to the letter regarding the lack of appreciation for a wedding gift. While I completely agree that the couple should have sent thank-you notes, an awful thought crossed my mind.

By Annie Lane February 10, 2024
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Dear Annie: I've been in a nursing home since I was 60. I would love to find someone to fall in love with, but I have a problem socializing.

By Annie Lane February 9, 2024
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Dear Annie: For three years, my husband and I got really close with another couple. But in the last year, our friend’s marriage hit a rough patch.

By Annie Lane February 8, 2024
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Dear Readers: A number of you wrote in in response to “Tired of Being Scared at Work and at Home,” about the 26-year-old woman who was struggling with how to handle a co-worker she suspects of stalking her.

By Annie Lane February 7, 2024
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Dear Annie: My problem is twofold. My nine-year relationship with “Louis” is usually a joy. We are both 59 and have only ourselves to tend to daily.

By Annie Lane February 6, 2024
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Dear Annie: I have three kids and four bonus kids.

By Annie Lane February 5, 2024
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Dear Annie: When my parents divorced, they could barely stand to be in the same room with each other. This went on into my adulthood.

By Annie Lane February 4, 2024
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Dear Annie: I just read the letter about a friend who talks about politics too much, and the writer said it was causing them to question whether or not to end their friendship.

By Annie Lane February 3, 2024

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