Dear Abby: My husband replaced me in his band with another female singer

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I used to play in a band together.He played guitar, and I sang.

He now has another female singer in his band, and I can hardly contain my feelings.In the beginning, he was invited into an existing band she was already in, and he accepted.

But then, that band broke up and reformed, and he kept the girl in it.He knows how badly I have wanted to sing again.

I tried endlessly to resurrect us as a duo or a starter band, but getting him to work with me was like pulling teeth. I was a singer in my own right before him and since, but he has never been honest with me about why he doesn’t want me to perform with him again.This has affected my confidence so much I have virtually given up singing.

It kills me that I’ve relinquished my artistic identity over this.The thing is, he’s just a local player — this is not the big time.

He had his heyday years ago, and she’s just average.They don’t have a following or crowds lining up to see them. I have tried to be supportive because he needed the confidence.

But I’m like two people — the supportive wife and the manipulative green-eyed monster.To add insult to injury, she’s made clear that she doesn’t like me by unfriending me on social media.

She named the band after herself, and posts provocative pictures of herself in the band all over the internet.I hate feeling like this.

I don’t like who I am.Do you have any advice? — JEALOUS IN PENNSYLVANIADEAR JEALOUS: Although the band was your husband’s in the beginning, at the end of your letter you state that the vocalist has named the band after herself — which leads me to believe the band is now hers and he is her employee.

The fact that this new band isn’t doing particularly well may mean that it won’t last much longer.You had a singing career before you met your husband.

It may be time to consider resurrecting it and reclaiming your own artistic identity. DEAR ABBY: Our daughter was widowed a number of years ago.She...