Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I recently moved from the U.S. to Germany. It has been a big change, and I honestly don't know how to handle it. A lot of the kids at school make ...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 27, 2021DEAR ABBY: I recently had a child with a man who is now incarcerated. I was widowed when I met him, and although he brought me happiness, it has come at a st...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 26, 2021DEAR ABBY: My granddaughter just informed me she has decided she would be happier living as a boy, and she has gone so far as to legally change her name. I w...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 25, 2021DEAR ABBY: My husband and I suffered a miscarriage five months ago, in the 12th week. I'm still not doing well. I have put on a facade to get by, but I'm jus...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 23, 2021DEAR ABBY: My daughter got married in a friend's backyard three months ago. Her husband built an arch for the ceremony. He spent $285 on some very nice walnu...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 22, 2021DEAR ABBY: On Sept. 14, 2017, you printed my letter about my ex-husband "borrowing" money from my 13-year-old son's piggy bank. Soon after, you reached out t...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 21, 2021DEAR ABBY: I'm a gay man in my late 40s, partnered with a man in his late 50s. There are a lot of issues from my past that I try hard to move beyond and let ...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 20, 2021DEAR ABBY: Our 11-year-old has learned to lie, and we feel terrible about it. Because she has a sensory processing disorder, clothes are a useless gift becau...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 19, 2021DEAR ABBY: My husband is an amazing guy. We have a very nice life except for an older sort-of family member who is living with us.
by Abigail Van Buren - February 18, 2021DEAR ABBY: I am 20-something years old, and my father still hits my behind sometimes. I feel it is inappropriate, but the last time I complained about it, se...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 17, 2021DEAR ABBY: I met my wife when we were very young and into partying. We're now middle-aged and heading in different directions.
by Abigail Van Buren - February 15, 2021DEAR ABBY: I had a friend I would talk to every day while I was doing my deliveries for work. We had anywhere between six and 25 conversations a day. For mon...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 14, 2021DEAR ABBY: My mom is mad at me. I have been a little bad, but I always do the dishes, sweep, clear the table and take out the trash. Every day when school is...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 13, 2021DEAR ABBY: My now-ex and I had a complicated, four-year on-again, off-again relationship. I finally ended it five months ago, but I'm still not sure whether ...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 12, 2021DEAR ABBY: My mother and I have never been close. We talk to or see each other five or six times a year at family functions. Honestly, I am fine with this. ...
by Abigail Van Buren - February 11, 2021