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

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 ...

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, ...

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: 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 ONLY: Please accept my sympathy for the loss of your partner. You stated that his death was recent and traumatic.

Share 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: 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: My in-laws have repeatedly attempted to destroy my marriage. My husband knows they trash-talk us to family, thinking we don’t know it, but he won’t put up any meaningful boundaries ...

DEAR ABBY: My in-laws have repeatedly attempted to destroy my marriage. My husband knows they trash-talk us to family, thinking we don’t know it, but he won’t put up any meaningful boundaries ...

Dear Abby: My dad is a registered sex offender ... Because you cannot trust your mother not to ignore the boundaries you are setting, you will have to restrict her access to her grandchild.