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

DEAR ABBY: I had a friend, “Mylene,” for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her ...

I’m a 75-year-old woman who has lived in the same charming walk-up apartment in New York City for more than 40 years. This ...

A reader seeks advice on how to mend her relationship with a friend after she declined to dog-sit in a moment of need.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have a widowed longtime friend who is like a family member to me. He attends all our holiday meals.

I had a friend, "Mylene," for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her when she was ...

I reminded her of everything that I have done to help her out when she needed it, but she didn’t want to help me.

In today’s Dear Abby, a concerned friend says their 82-year-old companion with mild dementia has suddenly become focused on ...

In today’s Dear Abby, a 67-year-old woman says she has endured decades of gaslighting, emotional manipulation and ...

He has had a “work wife” and a flirtation with the next-door neighbor hottie, and he paid for two sexy girls’ dinners (and ...

"I keep finding excuses not to go, such as I can’t get up early enough on Sunday morning, or I like spending time at home ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. It's a cute idea, but what it amounts to is a large stack of paperwork at a time of the school year when I'm already drowning in paperwork. I'm writing this to say publicly: ...