Dear Abby helps a reader with a neighbor’s cat that keeps waking them up, along with a reader who has prostate cancer, and doesn’t know how to tell his kids.

One of the reasons for keeping quiet was that my daughter-in-law was expecting their first child, and I didn’t want to ruin their joy.

I am 66 years old and have been diagnosed with moderately aggressive prostate cancer. I will start radiation therapy soon. My wife knows about it and has been very supportive, but we have not shared it with my children,