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Amy Dickinson is the Chicago Tribune's general advice columnist. "Ask Amy" appears in around 200 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. Click through to read some of Dickinson's most popular columns. Need a daily dose of Ask Amy? <a href="https://membership.chicagotribune.com/newsletters/subscribe/lid/ae435a2b-6d6f-4324-a410-bc03d534370b" target="_blank">Sign up here</a> to follow the Ask Amy newsletter and get no-nonsense advice e-mailed to your inbox every morning.
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Amy Dickinson is the Chicago Tribune’s general advice columnist. “Ask Amy” appears in around 200 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. Click through to read some of Dickinson’s most popular columns. Need a daily dose of Ask Amy? Sign up here to follow the Ask Amy newsletter and get no-nonsense advice e-mailed to your inbox every morning.
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Amy Dickinson is the Chicago Tribune’s general advice columnist. “Ask Amy” appears in around 200 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. Click through to read some of Dickinson’s most popular columns. Need a daily dose of Ask Amy? Sign up here to follow the Ask Amy newsletter and get no-nonsense advice e-mailed to your inbox every morning.