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

My brother "Joey" married a woman, "Allie," who is mentally unstable. Every couple of months, she loses her temper at me or ...

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 ...

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 ...

"I was recently told that the plus-one was meant only for my son and that I’m not allowed to bring my partner." ...

When my lifelong friend "Cheryl" and I would talk once a week to catch up with each other's lives, she'd describe her other ...

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: I'm a man in my early 30s who has made a career switch ... Show an interest in the people you meet by asking about their interests, but avoid "sensitive" topics, particularly in a business ...

Every year like clockwork, we receive a holiday card from friends, which the wife addresses only to my husband. It is always a jolly card filled with their family adventures and achievements for the ...

Dear Abby: I’m a man in my early 30s who has made a career switch. My new field requires me to be more social because I will be meeting with colleagues, some of them older than I am, and attending ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a man in my early 30s who has made a career switch ... Show an interest in the people you meet by asking about their interests, but avoid “sensitive” topics, particularly in a business ...