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I could go on and on.

The difficulty is that my neighbor was treated for breast cancer last year, so it is awkward to speak up.

Can you help?

-- Parked Upon

Dear Parked Upon: You own this parking space. You paid money for it, pay taxes on its value and hold a deed to it.

In my adopted home city of Chicago, where parking spots are high-stakes investments, you could probably sublet your space to your neighbors. You are being generous to let people use it.

If you want to be generous toward your ill neighbor, you should either ignore her guests' choice to park there, and tell yourself you're being neighborly and kind, or contact her to say, "I see your guests frequently use my parking space. This is usually fine, but I do need you to ask me in advance. Here's my number; can you make sure to text me? Otherwise, if I can't figure out who is in the space, I might have to call parking enforcement."

Traffic cones placed in the space would be a visual reminder.

Her fiance's usurping the shared basement space also seems unrelated, and is probably an issue for your condo's governing body.

Dear Amy: You gave a "nice" answer to "Sad Mom," who claimed not to love her older son (a toddler), after she'd had another baby.

But hey, no one is forcing her to have children. If she can't handle being a mother of two, she should have thought of that before!

-- Experienced Mom

Dear Experienced: This mother was in a bad, dark patch. She obviously didn't anticipate this. Judging her so harshly doesn't help her -- or her children.

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