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

I can’t help but assume the purpose of the mailed announcement is a gift grab, coming months after the child’s arrival.

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 ...

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 last 14 years. See Also Dear Abby: I’m falling in love with a new man — but ...

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: Twenty years ago, I developed psychosis with a personality change. I did things I’m ashamed of. I had an affair, remarried and moved out of the country, leaving my 13-year-old ...

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 ...

Dear Abby advises a mother whose son is acting rude and condescending after getting sober. motortion - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: My youngest son, age 27, has been clean and sober for two years ...

DEAR ABBY: We share a vacation home with another family. My husband and I are neat people. The other family is the opposite. Dear Abby: I’m on medication that made me reveal her secret ...

DEAR ABBY: I had a close friendship with a co-worker. We were the two work newbies, even though I started six months before he did. Dear Abby: Our son and his new wife are ditching our surname ...

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 ...