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Dear Abby: My best friend has a jealousy problem and I don’t know how to handle it
DEAR ABBY: My best friend, “Ellie,” has a jealousy problem. She wanted to introduce me to another lady, “Mica,” who was ...
Dear Abby: I can’t help but feel I ruined my kids’ lives and the weight of that thought is unbearable
I struggled to be the parent my children needed. They are adults now, and ... it pains me deeply to know they want nothing to ...
Dear Abby: Pregnant wife questions husband's texting with her brother
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
Dear Abby: The stench in my friend’s home keeps us away
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
Dear Abby: Best friend's deceit came out of the blue
Should I try to salvage our 25-year relationship after she lied to me about her wedding plans and didn't even invite me?
Dear Abby: What went wrong in lifelong friendship to have it end so shockingly fast?
DEAR ABBY: I’m struggling with the end of a friendship that has meant the world to me for most of my life. My best friend of ...
Dear Abby: Dear friend, of 25 years, lied to me about her wedding plans
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
Dear Abby: My friend said there was no wedding date. Then I found her website.
A lesson I have learned later in life is that love doesn’t end when a partner dies. Because your husband deeply loved his ...
Dear Abby: Retired couple fears loss of Social Security benefits. ‘Shouldn’t we get what we paid into all these years?’
DEAR ABBY: My spouse and I are retired and on Social Security. We’ve both worked hard all our lives and are content living a ...
Dear Abby: Retirement and aging has changed a happy life into an isolated existence
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
Dear Abby: Friend excluded from wedding wonders if decades-long bond can survive
A reader writes to Abby as she grapples with heartbreak after learning she was excluded from her best friend’s wedding — and ...
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DEAR ABBY: Friend's deceit came out of the blue
I'm struggling with the end of a friendship that has meant the world to me for most of my life. My best friend of 25 years recently married someone she had known for only a few months.