My husband and I have been happily married for 12 years. We have a beautiful family-- a 12- year-old daughter and a 10- year-old son. My husband is not close with his side of the family.

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

I should have gotten over this by now, but I fantasize about having left the table in some way. What should I have done? I ...

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

Harriette Cole is a lifestylist and founder of DREAMLEAPERS, an initiative to help people access and activate their dreams.

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

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A very long time ago, my husband and I were invited to dinner at a restaurant by a colleague of his. I had not met the colleague or his wife prior to the dinner. The men promised ...

I kept my last name. My husband said he would talk to his parents about it because I had a feeling they would not approve.

Miss Manners suggests you use your charm to comment favorably when your colleagues do especially good work. DEAR MISS MANNERS ...

his mom didn’t send him with spending money, let alone send along some cookies or otherwise offer to contribute something to ...

A reader says her husband secretly gave his ex-wife a large sum of money after she asked him not to. He told her she could ...

The grocery store a mile from our house has recently gone through a major expansion and upgrade. I have shopped there my entire life. The store has two points of ingress and egress. I have always ...