A reader who visits their friend a few times a year wonders how to gracefully avoid another guest whose extreme political ...

Both my parents had birthdays days apart and near a holiday. About 35 years ago, they started a tradition of having an elaborate party on or near their ...

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

Is there any graceful way to ask (my friend) to alert me if (she) will be around so I may make other lodging arrangements?

My brother "Joey" married a woman, "Allie," who is mentally unstable. Every couple of months, she loses her temper at me or one of my family members. It's ...

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

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 ...

In today’s Dear Abby, a reader says her brother’s wife has repeated emotional outbursts, and fears her instability could keep the family from seeing their future baby.

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 have a longtime friend, “Laurie,” who is single. Most of the relationships she gets into are with men who are in ...

SWMBO (she who must be obeyed) and I decided a road trip to fly fish and see friends was in order. I suggested the area where ...