We share a vacation home with another family. My husband and I are neat people. The other family is the opposite. They leave ...

They leave dirty dishes in the sink for days, promising, “I’ll get to them.” Dirty diapers are left on the living room floor ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

Dear Abby helps a woman with a friend who has fallen into financial troubles and another with a family conflict.

DEAR ABBY: A close friend — whom I’ve been urging for years to save for a rainy day — is now facing a very real storm. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and is undergoing treatment. Knowing her ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

DEAR ABBY: I am in a warm and loving relationship. We have been together 20 years. We both were married before to horrible people. We both said in the beginning that we did not want to remarry.

DEAR ABBY: We recently hosted an event at home, and one couple showed up an hour and a half early! I thought it was incredibly rude. Thankfully, I wasn’t in the shower or only partially dressed.

DEAR ABBY: I walk with a cane and have difficulty standing since I had a bad accident. Our building has a laundry facility for all. I went to put my laundry in. There are two medium-sized washers.

Then follow through. DEAR ABBY: My husband of 58 years is an alcoholic, but not a mean one. He used to be the life of the party; now his days consist of playing games on the computer and going to ...

Dear Abby: My husband and I have four kids, so there are many, many appointments to make and keep. We both have full-time jobs, so we split up the responsibilities by category; I get the ...

One singer/songwriter who is a master of this is the great John Prine. Prine’s attention to detail is arguably better than any songwriter of all time. He writes poignant and attentive lyrics ...