# Ask Amy (newspaper advice column) on hiatus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979 "2016-07-15T15:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979/1 "2016-07-15T15:00:09Z")
The _Chicago Tribune_ runs an advice column called “Ask Amy” by Amy Dickinson. The last two days, there has been no column, and a small note says “Amy Dickinson is on hiatus.” Normally when she goes on vacation, they rerun some old columns. Also, her vacations normally start on a Monday, not on a Thursday. This has me worried greatly: did some grave misfortune befall Amy? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979/2 "2016-07-15T15:09:20Z")
That’s funny-It seems to be running fine [elsewhere.](http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/15/ask-amy-woman-ponders-the-timing-of-her-crush/) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979/3 "2016-07-15T15:26:47Z")
Maybe there’s some dispute with the Chicago paper? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979/4 "2016-07-15T15:28:34Z")
That would be odd, because the _Tribune_ is her home paper. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979/5 "2016-07-15T15:58:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > That’s funny-It seems to be running fine [elsewhere.](http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/15/ask-amy-woman-ponders-the-timing-of-her-crush/) Not repeats? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979/6 "2016-07-15T16:15:44Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Not repeats? Not labeled as such, no. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979/7 "2016-07-15T17:31:15Z")
She was on hiatus for a while, and ran 10-year-old columns, while she was working on a book. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-amy-newspaper-advice-column-on-hiatus/759979/8 "2016-07-15T18:16:33Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > She was on hiatus for a while, and ran 10-year-old columns, while she was working on a book. I came in to say this but **nearwildheaven** got here first. I read Amy in the Washington Post every day and her column was there this morning. For anyone who’s an agony aunt junkie like me, I highly recommend Harriet Cole’s column _Sense and Sensitivity_ at [Sense & Sensitivity - Life Advice | UExpress](http://www.uexpress.com/sense-and-sensitivity).