My family cannot understand why I’m like this. They think they have a right to my space simply because they are family.

Dear Abby gives advice to a reader who is concerned about a friend's daughter who doesn't want to leave her abusive husband.

DEAR BOXED-IN: You are not trapped into doing anything you don’t want to do. A “save-the-date” card isn’t a command ...

DEAR ABBY: I dated a colleague when I was 22 but broke it off because I couldn’t deal with the fact that he was several ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a man who was widowed 11 months ago. I met a woman on a dating site, and we clicked immediately. We have been ...

Because our visits often overlap, my first impulse is to make arrangements to stay elsewhere. However, I don’t want to offend Barbara, who denies that Helene is an extremist, despite evidence to the ...

DEAR LONELY: It appears you have too much free time on your hands. You can’t change these people’s behavior. Instead of ...

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

DEAR ABBY: I’m in an eight-month relationship with a man who is a sexy good dancer. (I’m also a good dancer.) My dilemma is, he attracts a lot of female attention on the dance floor, and sometimes ...

Dear Abby advises a man who has fallen in love with a woman he met online, but she is still living with her husband as they ...

DEAR BOXED-IN: You are not trapped into doing anything you don’t want to do. A “save-the-date” card isn’t a command ...