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Parenting advice on name changes, absent-minded drivers, and grieving mothers.

DEAR ABBY: I just got engaged, and I couldn’t be happier. But my fiance is referred to by the entire town as the “bad guy” because of his past. He’s changed a lot, and I really want this to work out, but people come to me and say he’s not marriage material, and they try to make us break up (one of his exes in particular). He told me about his past, and I don’t judge him for it because everyone has a past. He really wants to get married. How can we have a wedding wi...