DEAR ABBY: Four years ago, after our family gathering for Christmas, my brother-in-law sent me a message saying I looked “sexy” in my sweater. I replied, “Thanks.” A year later, at another family gathering, he sent me messages asking about my car, which led to sexual advances. I tried to avoid his advances by being … Read more
DEAR ABBY: Please help me move forward. My brother-in-law is dating a woman my husband was intimate with once before we were married. It makes family functions very awkward for me, but most of the family sees it as the past. It was the past, but it is now in our faces. My husband feels … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law thinks he is good with his hands. He built a deck on the back of his house, and it’s obvious that he’s not a professional. My husband and I have never sat on his deck because it doesn’t look safe. (Others have said the same thing.) He bragged to me about … Read more
Blake Lively’s brother-in-law is no fan of Justin Baldoni. “High School Musical” actor Bart Johnson, who is married to Lively’s sister, actress Robyn Lively, blasted Baldoni, 40, on social media following Blake’s bombshell lawsuit against her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director. Baldoni has been accused of sexually harassing Blake on the set of … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My sister’s fiance, “Logan,” always seemed very flirtatious with me. I told her she needed to control her future husband. After they were married, the same gestures and innuendos kept happening, and I reminded my sister about it. Logan did and said inappropriate things right in front of her. Once she even commented, … Read more
Bart Johnson has his head in the game when it comes to family. Blake Lively’s brother-in-law, who is married to her older sister Robyn Lively, is standing up for the “It Ends With Us” star amid cast drama. The 53-year-old responded to a social media comment that Blake, 37, was “promoting happiness in a domestic violence setting … Read more
Tony Romo is at it again. The NFL analyst and former Cowboys quarterback made another on-air blunder when discussing Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, during the CBS broadcast of Kansas City’s divisional-round win over Buffalo on Sunday. When cameras panned to a suite inside Highmark Stadium, where Swift was watching … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I have a brother-in-law I have no contact with because he is jealous of my success and has made violent threats toward me. Every holiday and family function, when my mom asks me to attend, I ask if “Mr. Violent” is going to be there. Her answer is always, “I can’t tell him … Read more
DEAR ABBY: After my husband’s younger brother recently passed away, the family gathered. When one group of nephews arrived in a city an hour away from us, we were invited to lunch. (The restaurant was where the nephews had first been introduced to beer by their now-deceased uncle.) My husband didn’t want to go, saying … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I am a man who has been married to my husband for two years. My problem is his brother. He tries to sabotage our marriage every chance he gets — from making rude comments to propositioning me and sending me nude pics of himself. The other problem is, my husband always takes his … Read more
It was a match made in paradise. A Colorado woman says her high school teacher set her up with her own brother-in-law ahead of her vacation to Costa Rica. Shortly before Ellie Gervais, 25, was due to travel to the Central American country in September 2021, she was surprised to run into her former humanities … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I live on the bottom floor of a duplex with my wife. My brother-in-law, his wife and their two sons, ages 4 and 2, are upstairs. Since the 2-year-old was born, he’s been very rambunctious and fussy. I consider my BIL a good parent overall, but for a while now, I hear him … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My wife passed away six months ago after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. I was her primary caregiver. Since she passed, her brother has been showing the same symptoms of paranoia she started with. Contact with him brings back sad memories, but I don’t know how to talk to him about it without … Read more