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Dear Abby: I'm developing anger issues in my relationship — how can I keep my cool?
Dear Abby gives advice to a man who realized he is having anger issues in his relationship just like his father did with his mother.
Dear Abby: You need to grow more compassion about open relationships
A Dear Abby reader and mental health therapist urges Abby to have more compassion and understanding for polyamorous relationships.
Dear Abby: I think my ex is going to keep my grandchild away from me
Dear Abby counsels a woman who fears her ex-husband monopolizing their grandchild and a mother-in-law's sickening habit.
Dear Abby: My stepdaughter made a photo album for her dad and it barely included me
Dear Abby helps a woman who feels upset that her stepdaughter gave her husband a photo album, and barely included her in the pictures.
Dear Abby: How can I assist my daughter after she broke up with her boyfriend?
Dear Abby advises a parent as they try to help their daughter after finding out her boyfriend cheated on her.
Dear Abby: Am I wrong for not picking up my late-friend's husbands phone calls?
Dear Abby gives advice to a person who is overwhelmed with the amount of phone calls she gets from the husband of her late friend.
Dear Abby: I'm fed up with my fiance's ex-wife childish antics
Dear Abby gives advice to a woman who is fed up with her fiance's ex-wife.
Dear Abby: My ex-husband left me after I got a DUI, should I take him back?
A reader is reaching out to Dear Abby, explaining that her ex-husband wants to try again at their relationship following her alcohol addiction, but he won't commit to her.
Dear Abby: I'm torn between my friend group and my friend's wife and son
Dear Abby hears out a woman who is torn between her friend group after hearing rumors about her male friend making inappropriate advances to the women in the group.
Dear Abby: My oldest friend stopped reaching out to me
Dear Abby advises a woman who doesn't know if she should give up on a friendship because her friend barely reaches out to her.
Dear Abby: I stopped dying my hair and now my husband finds me less attractive
Dear Abby gives a woman advice after revealing that her husband found her less attractive after she stopped dying her hair.
Am I wrong for telling my SIL and BIL that they should have talked to me before inviting his children to my event?
DEAR ABBY: I have been an amateur astronomer for 25-plus years. I always go meteor watching as well as observe any celestial event. This year I invited my brother-in-law and...
Dear Abby: I told a horrible secret to a relative -- now she's threatening she'll tell my children
Dear Abby advises a person who is trying to protect her secret from her children after confiding to a family member.
Dear Abby: My boyfriend's snotty Gen Z daughter is making my life hell
Dear Abby advises a woman as she tries to navigate a relationship with a man who has two adult children.
Dear Abby: Let's discard bad habits for healthy new ones in 2025
Dear Abby gives readers some mantras to recite to create new habits in 2025.
Dear Abby: How do I make a man stop hitting on me while his partner has dementia?
Dear Abby advises a woman who is trying to stop a man in his 70s from making passes at her while he has a wife who has dementia.
Dear Abby: The woman I wanted to leave my wife for ghosted me
Dear Abby advises a struggling father who wants to leave his wife for a woman who ghosted him.
Dear Abby: My husband spent all our savings on his mistresses
Dear Abby gives advice to a woman who can't sleep throughout the night because her cheating husband spent all their savings on his mistresses.
My daughter lost weight after being diagnosed with an eating disorder, how do I tell my family?
Dear Abby advises a husband after his daughter was hospitalized after losing a lot of weight due to an eating disorder.
Am I wrong for being mad at my husband over my poorly planned birthday vacation?
Dear Abby advises a woman who is upset that her husband didn't do anything on her birthday, even though they went on vacation a week prior.