Dear Abby readers face hoarding son and awkward social din
A reader asks how to handle son who hoards garbage and poses health and safety risk while living at home. Abby notes hoarding is a mental disorder with potential treatment and urges setting firm boundaries. A separate note advises handling social tensions between friends involving two couples and suggests discreetly socializing separately. The column ends with Diwali greetings acknowledging the Hindu festival of light.
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Transitioning Online Dates to Real Friends
A reader asks how to turn a platonic online connection into friendship and whether suggesting a friend for an OK Cupid date is rude. Erika advises mindful timing and framing, respecting feelings, and avoiding rudeness, while emphasizing kindness, space, and best behavior on every date.
Safer Halloween: tips to prevent injuries from costumes
Vandana Bhide urges careful costume planning and a trick-or-treat test run to avoid eye opening visibility issues and mobility problems. Ensure masks fit, test movement in daylight, and choose safer costumes to prevent cuts, lacerations, and fractures on Halloween night.
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Man and dog cling to life on streets of Charlotte
A Charlotte man known as Lord, 43, says he lost everything including his home after a divorce. He and his tan Labrador Levi, four, live out of a crate on wheels in a parking lot and face pressure to surrender the dog as shelters refuse pets. Animal Care and Control says the dog is healthy but authorities may act only if the animal is suffering or the owner neglects him. Urban Ministry Center emphasizes the housing wait list and the difficulty of pairing people with pets with ongoing outreach and financial aid from locals, while Lord resists all options that could separate him from Levi.
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