"My issue is that I am very lonely and wish I had someone in my life. I, however, have no desire to be in another ...

Dear Annie: My mother died when I was 5, and I grew up in a very abusive childhood -- abuse in every sense of the word. I’m ...

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I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My younger brother came to my rescue. He and ...

I do my best to encourage my son to include my nephew, but at his age, I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out ...

Dear Sad Sister: You’re right that you can’t force your son to include his cousin -- he’s an adult in charge of his own ...

I don’t want to damage our relationship or risk losing time with my grandchildren. How can I talk to him about this without ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship with someone who has consistently treated me like a human ATM machine. Every chance ...

My mother died when I was 5, and I grew up in a very abusive childhood — abuse in every sense of the word. I’m still ...

Every chance he gets, he demands money from me and when I refuse, he throws a tantrum like a 50-something-year-old child.

We have not answered their calls and don’t want to. We feel we should, at this time in our lives, not have to deal with them.

My sister expects me to make my son and his friends spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s and used to ...