My boyfriend and I have been together for 18 years. Everyone we know thinks we are married, but we never got it on paper. He ...

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

Dear Abby gives advice to a reader who would like to stay in contact with his nephew’s ex-wife after their divorce.

He has always been less empathetic than I would like, and there’s a lot of stuff I either had to accept or move on. He never ...

DEAR DELIVERING: Social isolation is a killer. People in the early to middle stages of dementia are capable of being social.

DEAR ABBY: My wife’s nephew is getting divorced. The process seems to be amicable; there was no cheating or abuse. They have ...

DEAR DELIVERING: Social isolation is a killer. People in the early to middle stages of dementia are capable of being social.

A reader in later life still carries anger toward a parent who left and never admitted wrongdoing, and wonders if one last ...

It has been a struggle for him to even hug me when I’m sad. I know we have a lot of stressful stuff going on, but where’s the ...

DEAR DELIVERING: Social isolation is a killer. People in the early to middle stages of dementia are capable of being social.

DEAR DELIVERING: Social isolation is a killer. People in the early to middle stages of dementia are capable of being social. What you should continue to do is be the friend to this couple that you ...

DEAR ABBY: My 13-year-old son was getting off the school bus. His friend was in front of him. My son thought it would be funny to take his friend’s water bottle out of his backpack and drop it on the ...