DEAR ABBY: My grown daughter is a bum magnet. All of her relationships have the same outcome. The bum stays with her until he ...

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

My grown daughter is a bum magnet. All of her relationships have the same outcome. The bum stays with her until he gets a better situation. The current one has been the longest, going on for several ...

DEAR NEEDING HELP: It is possible that your daughter is doing as much as she can in assisting you. Throwing out the trash and ...

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

DEAR ABBY: I am a 74-year-old woman, married 52 years, raising our 8-year-old great-granddaughter, whom we have adopted. Our ...

Fast-forward: My daughter got married recently and invited her father but not me. I was devastated. I have been trying so ...

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

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

DEAR ABBY: My younger brother, “Paul,” is 40 and in a rut. He became friends with a friend of mine, “Mitch,” whom I met in ...