FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

FOR RELEASE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2025

DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren

EFFORT TO BE A GOOD GRANDPA DOESN’T GO AS PLANNED

DEAR ABBY: Ten years ago, I connected with “Christi,” a daughter I fathered with a woman I was in a relationship with for a short time decades ago. We split before Christi was born. My ex-girlfriend didn’t tell me about her until after she was born. By that time, she was married to a man Christi knew as her dad. However, she no longer acknowledges him as her father.

Christi and I developed our relationship, and it would be impossible for me to love her more than I do. When I retired five years ago, she asked me to move closer to her and my 11-year-old granddaughter. She said she would appreciate help with things like driving her to sch

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