DEAR NEIGHBOR: Friendship is supposed to be reciprocal. From your description of your relationship with Tim, it has been all ...

A woman says she lives with her son and daughter-in-law, contributes financially and works full-time, yet feels overwhelmed ...

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

(She) doesn’t work and has nothing to do all day but create a disaster and wait for me or my son (her husband) to clean up ...

I have been married more than 20 years to my best friend. She’s the love of my life. We have been through a lot together and ...

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

A husband feels alone and undesired in his marriage despite efforts to improve, following a past emotional affair.

The couple has had their problems, and they're in counseling, but the wife seems to be withholding physical effects.

Dear Out of Balance: You cannot change the unhealthy dynamic in your son’s household unless he and his wife agree to do so.

A mother is frustrated with her daughter-in-law’s messiness and her son’s support of it, impacting their shared living ...

I’m at my wits’ end, but I don’t want to create an environment where she will ignore me and turn my son against me.

DEAR OUT OF BALANCE: You cannot change the unhealthy dynamic in your son’s household unless he and his wife agree to do so.