DEAR ABBY: I am the building manager of a high-rise office building. Every year we perform a fire alarm test to determine that all our fire alarm systems work properly.
DEAR ABBY: We have a child who was adopted through a closed adoption. We met the birth parents briefly at the hospital, but they wanted no further contact.
DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with my high school sweetheart for six years. He is only the second person I have been intimate with.
DEAR ABBY: “Doesn’t Want to Lose Him” (Dec. 16) wants breast implants, but her boyfriend is against it. I had breast augmentation at age 27 for the same reasons she wants them.
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of 5½ years died unexpectedly. Like so many other Americans, he didn’t have life insurance or any money to cover his funeral.