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 ...

Dear Abby: I have been with my live-in boyfriend ... That month I did a lot of soul-searching and set boundaries I will no longer allow to be broken. Because of past failed relationships, I ...

DEAR ABBY: My 18-year-old stepdaughter has decided to date another female. She has dated boys in the past, but that’s not the issue. We have nothing against the LGBTQ community. (My husband’s ...

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: How do you handle an annoying neighbor who refuses to use his own trash and recycle bins and sneaks his discards into mine on pickup day? He lives alone, as do several women in the ...

DEAR ABBY: This spring, my entire family will be ... This is your chance to create some boundaries between you and your family now that you are an adult. I hope you will attend the wedding and ...

Dear Abby: I have been with my live-in boyfriend ... That month I did a lot of soul-searching and set boundaries I will no longer allow to be broken. Because of past failed relationships, I ...

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: I have a sister-in-law who constantly one-ups me. Anything I mention, she has to chime in and let everyone present know how much better her trip was, or that she got a better shopping ...

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with my boyfriend for a year ... I feel like his parents have crossed a boundary, and so has he. What should I do? DEAR HOLDING: Be glad this has happened.