A reader wants to know how she can make her mother-in-law understand that she needs her to ask before any physical contact.

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, ...

When I recently had spinal surgery, he came home supposedly to assist me. My doctor gave him instructions to follow after the ...

I always considered my lifelong friend “Mary” to be my BEST friend. We are in our mid-50s now and live in different countries ...

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

I was sexually abused as a child. Because of this, as an adult woman, I have issues around being touched. I have had therapy, ...

How an Ovid-quoting London broadsheet from the late seventeenth century spawned “Dear Abby,” Dan Savage, and Reddit’s Am I ...

I recently asked Mary if I could stay at her house (just overnight) and explained I wouldn’t mind sleeping on the sofa. She ...

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

I’m starting to dread the constant pressure. How can we set firmer boundaries without starting a bigger family conflict?

A woman is torn after learning her friend’s son — convicted of a serious crime — is getting out of prison and moving in. She ...

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