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

Dear Abby: My mother wants a relationship with my adult kids, but she ignored them ... 12:01 a.m. For reasons I could never understand, she didn’t enjoy my children when they were growing up ...

I suspect there is nothing your mother-in-law would like better than for you to divorce her son. If you did, she would have ...

DEAR ABBY: As a young mother, I endured a difficult marriage filled with domestic abuse. In the midst of that turmoil, I struggled to be the parent my children needed. They are adults now, and I ...

Dear Abby: Should a 23-year-old son pay room and board even though he spends little time at home and eats out often? He doesn't do laundry or help around the house. His argument is, we shouldn't ...

Dear Abby: Hovering mom wants 24/7 tabs on adult son Share this: ... Dear Abby: There was a man I ... I wanted children, but now, because of the hysterectomy, I can’t have any. How can I make ...

I am a retiree with diabetes and heart trouble. My husband is disabled. I’m his sole caregiver when I have the energy to do ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my wife for 40 years, including 32 years of marriage. I have done the best I could as a boyfriend, a fiance, a husband and a father to our two adult children, and I ...