We haven't spoken for a few years now. Should I confront her about her previous behavior or just keep avoiding her?

Dear Abby advises a disabled man on how to handle her sister’s addiction to alcohol, which has seemed to affect their ...

DEAR SON/BROTHER: Please accept my deepest sympathy for the tragic loss of your father. I can’t imagine the degree of shock and trauma finding him must have caused you. By now, you must realize that ...

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

Please accept my sympathy for the untimely loss of your granddaughter. Clearly, you are dealing with a lot right now. The fact that your partner suffers from mental illness only adds to it. That you ...

Dear Abby: We recently suffered the loss of our first grandchild. She was only 24 and taken far too soon.

I have been divorced from my ex-husband, "Cliff," for a year and a half. My nearly adult children live with me. They rarely ...

A lifelong friend of mine has died unexpectedly. Because he was my age, this brought up issues of my own mortality. We’d had our ups and downs over ...

DEAR ABBY: How do you handle a friend who never stops talking? My longtime friend has always been a good storyteller, but as we become older, she hijacks every conversation when we get together.

DEAR ABBY: My in-laws have repeatedly attempted to destroy my marriage. My husband knows they trash-talk us to family, thinking we don't know it, but he won't put up any meaningful boundaries or ...

DEAR ABBY: My father-in-law passed away, and I have never been particularly close to my mother-in-law. I have encouraged my husband to visit his mother and maintain a good relationship with her.