Dear Tired of the Drama: The only role you are required to play in this family production is yourself. You are not the referee, mediator or emotional punching bag. The healthiest boundary you can set ...

You are not. Stop trying to broker world peace at the dinner table. Thanksgiving should be about gratitude, not ...

I want us all together, but I also dread another holiday full of tension, whispered complaints and people leaving early in a ...

Dear Wondering Aunt: You are not a bad great-aunt for wanting to set limits. Gifts are nice, but what children remember most ...

Dear Annie: I am writing to you about something that I suspect many people wrestle with but rarely admit out loud: feeling ...

In a popular Dear Annie column from last week, Annie heard from a reader who didn't like that her friend was trying to pass ...

On paper, my life looks fine. I have a steady job, a family I love and friends I try to keep up with. But in reality, I feel like I’m stretched so thin that I’m not fully pres ...

"I don’t want to disappoint these kids, but I also don’t want to feel resentful or guilty every time another birthday rolls ...

I have recently become acquainted with an older gentleman who is about the same age as my father would have been, well over 100. He is surprisingly active for his age, much more than I am, since I ...

Since then, she has admitted she is a “bad texter,” but nothing has changed. I have tried to keep the friendship alive, but I ...

Dear Annie: I am caught in a very difficult family situation. I have twin sisters-in-law, Tricia and Tanya, who have not spoken to each other in more than 25 years. To complicate things further, Tanya ...

I have been married for more than 35 years, but for most of that time, I have felt unloved and trapped. I came into this marriage desperately wanting children, and when my husband was widowed young ...