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Dear Abby advises a recent college graduate who got a job on how she should handle living back home with her parents, while ...
DEAR WISER AND WONDERING: Yes, it’s appropriate -- when done with care. A parent’s loving honesty, shared gently and ...
Dear Abby: His parents liked me just fine until he blabbed our private business to them This crossing of boundaries has me reconsidering our engagement ...
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
Dear Abby: My parents won’t let me move out until I repay them for college Plus: Should I tell the wife I'm tired of her petty attacks?
I can't call her out or she'll paint me as the "bad guy." I care for her father deeply and don't want to risk what we have.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a single, never married man. I was having trouble finding a nice woman to date, so I bought a T-shirt from a ...
I am worried about my 21-year-old son, "Travis." He hasn't quite left our home that he shares with me and my husband, but he ...
DEAR ABBY: I haven’t had a holiday with my grown daughter, “Charly,” since she left the state 12 years ago. When she came out as a lesbian, I wasn’t very accepting and didn’t handle it ...
Dear Abby: As the parent of a trans child, my colleague’s mockery really hit home A reader is kicking themselves for not not speaking up when a colleague mocked trans people.
DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family — grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, as well as cousins. Since then, I have been struggling with ...
DEAR ABBY: I’m a professional, well-educated adult who moved back home because of concerns about my father’s health as well as having landed a much better job. As an extra perk, I’ve been ...