Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

DEAR PROACTIVE: If you said it in the context of explaining that your husband had something similar that turned out to be ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 12 years. We have a beautiful family -- a 12-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son. My husband is not close with his side of the family. We ...

I struggled to be the parent my children needed. They are adults now, and ... it pains me deeply to know they want nothing to ...

Dear Abby: In a few days, the second anniversary of my husband’s death will be here. We were together for 40 years. They weren’t easy years; he had many issues, both physical and mental. I was ...

Since his retirement, he has been going to a bar once a week or so. One of the staff has taken an interest in being his ...

I live five hours away from my hometown. My mom is 98 and in assisted living there. In recent years, my younger sister has ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 47 years. My wife has suffered from mental illness for more than half our marriage. Two years ago, she went off her medication, became manic for 10 months and ...

Dear Abby gives advice to a parent whose mother is having difficulty picking up and taking care of her granddaughter.

A reader says her husband secretly gave his ex-wife a large sum of money after she asked him not to. He told her she could either be happy about it, take the same amount for herself or get a divorce.

In a few days, the second anniversary of my husband's death will be here. We were together for 40 years. They weren't easy ...