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

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

My dear friend is stepmother to a 14-year-old boy she clearly dislikes and abuses. She treats him like a servant in his own ...

My 65-year-old son is dating a 25-year-old woman he met in art class. They profess their love, which I find ridiculous. He wants her to move in with us, which I oppose. Am I too-old fashioned? What's ...

My concern is that she tends to treat me like she might treat her son. She asks me (repeatedly) if I’m cold and suggests that ...

I am at the end of my rope with a relative. She lies constantly. She makes up elaborate stories that I have Googled and ...

Dear Hobbled: If you think you’re alone in being subjected to this annoyance, think again. People are curious, and some have ...

Every time we’re on the phone we say “I love you” to each other before hanging up. I have feelings for him. He says he ...

A Dear Abby reader asks for advice on how he can stop his fiancee’s alcohol addiction because it is hurting their ...

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

My sister should use a walker and no longer be driving but does both. I am afraid and concerned. She keeps calling me every ...

Dear Abby: My father’s wife, “Carole,” loves to thrift-shop. She enjoys hunting for a good deal, particularly if she can find ...