DEAR ABBY: My companion of many years and I are retired and live a few hours away from some of his family. When one of them plans a visit, she always insists on taking us out for a meal. She doesn’t ask if we would like to eat out but rather “commands” it. Then she insists on paying for the meal.

DEAR ABBY: Am I obligated to give people a free ride just because I am going to the same place or in the same direction? Too often people who barely speak to us suddenly remember we exist when they want something, especially if they or their child needs a ride somewhere.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: As I was leaving my local grocery store, a young man approached me and asked me to donate to a local high school baseball team. I apologized and told him that I do not carry cash.

To be 100 per cent, 100 per cent of the time; this is what you have never quite been throughout these years of waiting and wanting whenever Wembley has beckoned. To be 100 per cent, 100 per cent of the time is surely your best chance of beating Liverpool.

DEAR ABBY: I am a troubled older man ... and two of my children and several of my grandchildren no longer want to have contact with me. They say “a toxic person never changes.”

What is the best response when they say things that are simply not true? -- CRINGING IN COLORADO DEAR CRINGING: A way to deal with this would be to take your siblings aside individually and ask ...

After three more phone calls, all of which went straight to voicemail, his wife texted me that my son did not want any more contact with me because (she says) I have disrespected him. I have been unfriended from all social media contact with them,