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

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

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