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

DEAR ANNIE: I’ve been a longtime reader, and a recent column really resonated with me. I’m a couples coach, and I see this pattern often: people who fear conflict tend to suppress their ...

How can we set firmer boundaries without starting a bigger family conflict ... friends I can’t afford to go out? Asking Eric: I’ve realized that I am really in love with my best friend Dear ...

She clearly states that she is judgmental and feels disappointed by her old friends who stayed behind in their hometown after ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are the parents of three grown sons. Our middle son (“Kurt,” age 29) has been in conflict with his ... mean things to these shared friends. Jared has apologized ...

Miss Manners suggests that you do your best to ignore your guests’ bathroom habits and resist putting up that sign. People ...

Ordinarily, she like your father-in-law and, she suspects, you as well — would expect a meal to include more than soup — even good soup, even soup followed by ice cream. But knowing your profession, ...

With the cartoonist’s new graphic novel, she appears once again to be trying for the “light, fun” book she’s longed to write.

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

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