Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby") received many oddball questions from troubled readers. Among her favorites?

Dear Abby,
I'm a 50-year-old widow and my doctor says I need a husband or the equivalent. Would it be alright if I borrowed my sister's husband?

["Dear Abby," another reader wrote one day. "I can't trust my husband. He cheats so much, I'm not even sure my last baby is his."]