Dear Abby
The Archive
Dear Abby: How do I put a stop to my sibling's insufferable holiday newsletter?
Dear Abby weighs in on bragging siblings, disagreements with co-workers and an overbearing parent.
Dear Abby: My mother-in-law's cat won't stop peeing on my furniture
Dear Abby advises a son-in-law dealing with a mean cat and a friend whose possessions keep getting stolen.
Dear Abby: My husband of 38 years wants us to move in with his sick parents
Dear Abby give marital advice to a couple married for 38 years, along with an individual with a friend who takes home the user's dinner rather than eating it there.
Dear Abby: My friend dresses so poorly, we were kicked out of a restaurant on our vacation
Dear Abby weighs in on a friend's lack of style, out-of-touch relatives and a young woman's struggles with cerebral palsy.
Dear Abby: My husband's son emotionally hurt him over paying a health insurance premium
Dear Abby weighs in on a spouse seeing her husband's son emotionally hurt him over health insurance.
Dear Abby: My son married a woman who won't speak with me
Dear Abby advises a mother struggling with her new daughter-in-law, and someone unsure how to deal with their depressed friend.
Dear Abby: How do I tell my roach-infested relative I want nothing to do with them?
Dear Abby advises someone who wants to rid themself of their roach-infested relative.
Dear Abby: My husband unfriended me on Facebook
Dear Abby weighs in on a husband unfriending his wife on Facebook, a father reckoning with divorce after 30 years and a churchgoer trying to deal with free-loaders.
Dear Abby: My husband left me for my sister
Dear Abby weighs in on video chat intimacy, infidelity and mortality.
Dear Abby: My fiancé is broke — is it wrong to call the engagement off?
Dear Abby advises a woman who is having financial troubles and is unsure if she should marry her boyfriend who is in debt and bad with managing money.
Dear Abby: My mother-in-law doesn't want a relationship with me or her grandchild
Dear Abby advises a mom-to-be about dealing with a frosty mother-in-law and a diner annoyed at the bar.
Dear Abby: My son ignores me for his abusive girlfriends
Dear Abby advises a mother who feels rejected by her son and a wife whose husband keeps saying she interrupts him.
Dear Abby: My mother is still married to the man who molested me
Dear Abby weighs in on a sexually abusive step father and an inappropriate coworker.
Dear Abby: I was adopted -- can I ask my biological mother for money?
Dear Abby weighs in on asking biological parents for financial help, a reunited couple and the importance of offering assistance.
Dear Abby: My wife is obsessed with crossword puzzles
Dear Abby advises a husband struggling with his wife's crossword addiction and a man whose neighbor keeps cornering him.
Dear Abby: I'm 40 and still don't know what I want to be when I grow up
Dear Abby weighs in on a 40-year-old dreamer and sisters who think their bickering will ruin their vacation.
Dear Abby: My wife's relationship with her son is creeping me out
Dear Abby weighs in on the strange habits of a boy with Asperger's syndrome, a shared friend of two sisters and a wonderfully insensitive husband.
Dear Abby: I don't know why I keep going back to my selfish husband
Dear Abby advises a woman who is struggling with leaving her husband for good and an employee who keeps getting condescended by a new hire.
Dear Abby: My fiance won't commit to a date for our wedding
Dear Abby advises a bride whose fiance won't set a date for their wedding and a person celebrating their sobriety whose mother won't let them move on.
Dear Abby: My brother-in-law keeps trying to sleep with me
Dear Abby weighs in on brotherly love and a 26-year-old who's having issues making friends.