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

A woman feels hurt that her in-laws still refuse to use her last name after 12 years of marriage. Dear Abby shares advice on ...

I confided to her that I wasn’t happy with my weight – now she keeps using a term that could be considered cruel ...

My husband and I have been happily married for 12 years. We have a beautiful family — a 12-year-old daughter and a ...

Imagine my confusion when I learned of the tradition and discovered that our as-yet-unconceived son had already been given a ...

DEAR ABBY: I can’t understand why my mom kept the last name of her ex-husband (my stepfather), who sexually abused me and my sister as children.She knew all about it after I broke down and told ...

She and my kids have never gotten along. She has always been resentful and angry about any attention I give them.

Dear Eric: My daughter got married a year ago and decided to have a wedding with immediate family members only due to the ...

Dear Annie: I have a friend in her late 30s who is pregnant with her second baby. We are not the closest of friends, but we’ve been friends for over 20 years. She recently shared the baby name ...

Dear Abby: When my ex-wife died recently, she left our two children (in their 20s and 30s) a home that was in her name. My ...

My husband and I have been happily married for 12 years. We have a beautiful family — a 12-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son. My husband is not ...

When my ex-wife died recently, she left our two children (in their 20s and 30s) a home that was in her name. My son has a ...