GENTLE READER: As you are a teacher, you probably subscribe to the idea that normal behavior -- which is to say, that ...

Miss Manners suspects it is the fussy name and the embellishments — such as embroidery, floral motifs and monograms — that ...

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

DEAR OVERHEARD: Talk to your brother and express that the fight between him and his wife was partially recorded on your phone ...

In a few days, the second anniversary of my husband's death will be here. We were together for 40 years. They weren't easy ...

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

DEAR FOCUSED: Yes, it is possible to love someone and ignore the one flaw in the diamond. But what should concern you is not ...

She’s a freshman in high school now, and out of the blue, she told me she wants to live with him and finish high school in ...

Because I couldn't afford my own apartment, I moved back in with my parents. The situation was supposed to be temporary, but ...

This is the only problem with our relationship. I don’t want to hurt his feelings or make either one of us uncomfortable, but he’s just not getting the job done.

DEAR ABBY: Last year, my son, his girlfriend and two others were murdered outside a city where “things like this don’t happen.” My other two boys received a call to come immediately to their ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of three girls, 25, 21 and about to be 15. My youngest has always lived with me. Her father and I ...