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Marthe48

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37. Try UExpress

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #36)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:12 PM

Sep 2025

I think I've seen Caroline Hax on there. Haven't heard of Captain Awkward.

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Reading Dear Abby today [View all] Marthe48 Sep 2025 OP

We've become engaged in de-acquisitioning our "art". The kids seem to have no taste for that 'art' ... marble falls Sep 2025 #1

I was doing that same reason Marthe48 Sep 2025 #2

Put a reasonable price on it. Let them bargain you down. The more you engage the sucke ... bargain hunters ... marble falls Sep 2025 #3

We're confident BOSSHOG Sep 2025 #16

Not many of us so prescient in our choices as yourselves! marble falls Sep 2025 #28

I started collecting when I was 8 Marthe48 Sep 2025 #30

I wrote a book just for folks like you Marthe48! nt Trueblue Texan Sep 2025 #4

I use breakfast to relieve any frustration and disappointment AnnaLee Sep 2025 #5

haventt heard that byline in ages . :) i agree with u. AllaN01Bear Sep 2025 #6

I read Dear Abby and Miss Manners every day Marthe48 Sep 2025 #7

Dear Abbey, Dear Abbey, my fountain pen leaks Martin Eden Sep 2025 #8

Dear Martin, Dear Martin, you have no complaint. You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't. Midnight Writer Sep 2025 #21

So listen up buster, and listen up good Martin Eden Sep 2025 #25

Thank you.. homegirl Sep 2025 #9

We took a downsizing class when we moved from our big house to a condo. OMGWTF Sep 2025 #11

Lightening is great if it is for you. pat_k Sep 2025 #43

Please work on culling your possesions IbogaProject Sep 2025 #10

Long story short Marthe48 Sep 2025 #14

Know how you feel.. homegirl Sep 2025 #26

Good, aging in place is the best IbogaProject Sep 2025 #31

No need to "get back on the horse" pat_k Sep 2025 #44

Thank you pat_k Marthe48 Sep 7 #45

There's a Swedish death cleaning group on Facebook radical noodle Sep 2025 #24

I stopped buying, accepting things Marthe48 Sep 2025 #27

I have, too. VERY difficult, but it finally took. marble falls Sep 2025 #29

I only buy if something similar is going to be donated elsewhere radical noodle Sep 2025 #42

You really made me smile! You have quite the way with words. Please continue to share your musings and advice! MLAA Sep 2025 #12

Thanks for the kind words Marthe48 Sep 2025 #32

I'll be 79 in a month, and I don't live a tidy life either. But it's well enough lived as is. patphil Sep 2025 #13

Thank you patphil! Marthe48 Sep 2025 #15

I feel the same way about our house. It is comforting and comfortable being surrounded by a lifetime of Martin68 Sep 2025 #17

You realize, of course, that Abby, Abigail Van Buren (also known as Jeanne Phillips) died in 2013, usonian Sep 2025 #18

I laughed at your post Marthe48 Sep 2025 #20

Mission Accomplished. usonian Sep 2025 #22

Yes, Jeanne Phillips is the current Dear Abby, not the original one. ShazzieB Sep 2025 #33

I tried others Marthe48 Sep 2025 #34

Two of the all time best, imo, are Carolyn Hax and Captain Awkward. ShazzieB Sep 2025 #36

Try UExpress Marthe48 Sep 2025 #37

Thanks, ill check that out! ShazzieB Sep 2025 #39

And Pauline's sister Esther soldierant Sep 2025 #35

I read Ann Landers before I read Abby Marthe48 Sep 2025 #38

On est bien la. GoneOffShore Sep 2025 #19

Well, I hope you do win! JTOL Sep 2025 #23

I loved Dear Abby and Ann Landers Skittles Sep 2025 #40

What a joyful post Ruby the Liberal Sep 2025 #41