Amy Dickinson
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Ask Amy: Musician needs couch time to be creative

They’re a couple, and in the same band, but she works full time at a restaurant while he lives rent-free with his parents. True, he’s working on his music, but she wonders if she’s going to end up being a substitute for his parents.

Ask Amy: Mother worries about daughter’s pot habit

She doesn’t allow pot-smoking in her home, but her 24-year-old sneaks upstairs to smoke pot with an in-law.

Amy Dickinson: Dad doggone tired of being put on the spot

Responsibility for their family dog of two years has devolved to the dad, even though he was promised that other family members would do most of the work.

Ask Amy: Toxic friend needs to become former friend

She’s dreading renewed contact with a former school friend who lives in the state she’s moving to.