Abigail Van Buren

Dear Abby

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Dear Abby: Husband seldom says ‘I’m sorry’ or ‘Thank you’

College professor seems incapable of showing common courtesy to his wife.

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Dear Abby: As daughters help man with dementia, his sons do little

Woman who takes time off to care for her father wishes brothers would stop up, too.

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Dear Abby: I'm afraid husband will blow up or bawl when I tell him I want out

Woman is so uncomfortable with mate that she secretly has rented another apartment and visits family to feel peace.

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Dear Abby: My wife's going to regret becoming a cop

Spouse expects she’ll be bad at the job and miss out on family time.

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Dear Abby: Boyfriend’s living with other woman — in my apartment

Reader still hopes to make the relationship work as she watches her man fall for someone else under her own roof.

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Dear Abby: Daughters dislike that I get alimony from their father

They have abandoned their mom and say relationship won’t resume until she stops ‘taking the money’ from her alcoholic ex.

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Dear Abby: Couple’s noisy canoodling bugs the neighbors

Funny at first, the racket during their many intimate moments now disturbs people and keeps them up at night.

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Dear Abby: I wasn’t supposed to see my sister’s texts complaining about me

During a tense vacation together, it turns out she was writing to someone about her sibling’s ‘B.S.’

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Dear Abby: Grieving friend accuses me of having affair with her husband

How do you treat someone who is in pain but also making untrue and insulting allegations?

By Abigail Van Buren