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

My husband works out of state for an oil rigging company 20 days out of the month. He gets 10 days off. When he comes home, ...

DEAR ABBY: We recently hosted an event at home ... How do we better establish firm boundaries? DEAR SEETHING: A way to do that would be to tell these people (I hope they aren’t relatives ...

DEAR ABBY: I always considered my lifelong friend “Mary” to be my best friend. We are in our mid-50s now and live in ...

DEAR ABBY: My sister has bullied and controlled ... but it feels to me that she is overstepping boundaries. I can’t breathe or have a life outside of her. My husband’s family are MY in-laws ...

DEAR ABBY: My dad is a registered sex offender ... How should I handle setting these boundaries? What do I do if other members of my family blame me for splitting up our family?

DEAR ABBY: A longtime friend is now a widow and doesn’t have time to connect anymore. I have invited her for coffee and for dinner and sent notes of support. She waits days, even weeks to ...

DEAR ABBY: Recently, my best friend ... my discomfort and asked him to maintain some decorum and relationship boundaries, but he continues to act inappropriately. I don’t want to lose ...

DEAR ABBY: My “best friend,” as he has labeled our relationship, moved in with me eight months ago. He claims to have no romantic feelings for me. Despite this, he sleeps in my bed next to me ...