DEAR MAKING A CHANGE: You stated that your mother-in-law expects to live with you and her daughter in your new place, which ...

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

Dear Abby advises a man who is planning on moving with his wife to their dream home — but doesn’t want his mother-in-law to come along.

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

I don’t want to be around her when she’s drunk because of her tendency to make everything about herself, cause drama and ...

My wife and I have been happily married for 15 years. My mother-in-law, “Pat,” a widow since 1997, has lived with us for the ...

I am an adult child of an alcoholic. My mother is a mean drunk. While growing up, I had to act as her therapist and deal with ...

Dear In A State: I know neither you nor your daughter other than what you have described to me. Continue talking with your ...

A reader wonders how to heal her relationship with her estranged daughter.

DEAR ABBY: I received a Facebook message from my first cousin. In it, she apologized for not communicating for the past 10 months. It ended with, “Send me your address so I can send you a birth ...

DEAR ABBY: I had a close friendship with a co-worker. We used to have lunch together and shared many personal and intimate stories. We were the two work newbies, even though I started six months ...

DEAR ABBY: My youngest son, age 27, has been clean and sober for two years, having survived the horrible addiction of fentanyl. I helped nurse him back to health. It wasn’t easy, but he is alive ...