DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a guy for 10 years. We are both divorced with no desire to get married. We are comfortable with our living arrangements. We live in different towns an hour and a half apart and spend a significant amount of time together at each other’s houses.

This year was our high school class’s 50th reunion. My husband and I graduated together from the same school. We have attended every reunion, and at each one of them received the same reactions from classmates.

I tried hard to be social, but my classmates just glared at me and walked away. One even said to a group of students, “The dog tried to talk to me.”