I have suspected for many years that my son is gay. I don’t understand why he would feel he can’t talk to me about his ...

I can't call her out or she'll paint me as the "bad guy." I care for her father deeply and don't want to risk what we have.

DEAR ABBY: I recently received a voicemail from my brother that recorded a conversation he was having with his wife. It was ...

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I am single, educated and still poor. I slave more than 40 hours a week for no benefits, no long-term stability, no home and ...

I brought my dad with dementia into my home. My husband has heart issues. We are all at each other’s throats all the time. My siblings promised they would help take care of our dad, but they ...

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DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 47 years. My wife has suffered from mental illness for more than half our marriage. Two years ago, she went off her medication, became manic for 10 months and ...

Dear Abby: After several months of weight loss, our preteen daughter was hospitalized after a trip to the ER. She was diagnosed with ARFID. It’s an eating disorder we had never heard of but one ...

Dear Abby: People know something’s up with our family. My wife says to tell them nothing. She worries anything we say might stigmatize our preteen daughter ...

Today's advice from Dear Abby.What should we tell people to preserve our daughter’s privacy while acknowledging that not everything is OK? I thought something like, “My daughter is having stomach ...