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

DEAR ABBY: I’m struggling with the end of a friendship that has meant the world to me for most of my life. My best friend of ...

Dear Abby: I have been seeing my partner, “Gil,” for five years. After my husband passed, Gil came into my life again. We had ...

A reader thinks the future seems “grim” and doesn’t know where to turn.