My response is, “I’m fine doing things by myself. I’ve done it all my life and don’t find anything unusual about it.” ...

DEAR ANNIE: My mother died when I was 5, and I grew up in a very abusive childhood -- abuse in every sense of the word. I’m ...

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I would appreciate it if you'd consider helping me figure out an answer to a question I am so tired of being asked, which is, ...

I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My younger brother came to my rescue. He and ...

I do my best to encourage my son to include my nephew, but at his age, I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out ...

I don’t want to damage our relationship or risk losing time with my grandchildren. How can I talk to him about this without ...

Dear Sad Sister: You’re right that you can’t force your son to include his cousin -- he’s an adult in charge of his own ...

Every chance he gets, he demands money from me and when I refuse, he throws a tantrum like a 50-something-year-old child.

We have not answered their calls and don’t want to. We feel we should, at this time in our lives, not have to deal with them.

Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship with someone who has consistently treated me like a human ATM machine. Every chance ...

My sister expects me to make my son and his friends spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s and used to ...