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 ...

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

Dear Abby: I lost my beloved mother-in-law five years ago. Since then, my father-in-law has become engaged to a woman who, frankly, is not liked by anyone in our family. She's unkind and dismissive, ...

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

DEAR ABBY: I lost my beloved mother-in-law five years ago. Since then, my father-in-law has become engaged to a woman who, frankly, is not liked by anyone in our family. She’s unkind and dismissive, ...

I am 67, and my husband is 68. For the past six years, we have been caring for aging parents. My father-in-law, who had ...

I am 67, and my husband is 68. For the past six years, we have been caring for aging parents. My father-in-law, who had Alzheimer’s, passed away a few years ago. We went through a lot with him as his ...

A 67-year-old reader says she and her husband have spent years caring for aging parents, structuring their retirement around those responsibilities. Her daughter recently said she does not intend to ...

My father-in-law, who had Alzheimer’s, passed away a few years ago. We went through a lot with him as his illness progressed. My mother-in-law is 87 and does not want to go into ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are separated. Our children are ages 20 and 22. He has just been diagnosed with some type of ...

She said she loves us, but she doesn’t want to take care of any of us. When she retires, she wants to enjoy her retirement, travel and not have to worry about caring for anybody.

I recently had a conversation with my daughter, my only child. She has three sets of parents—us, my ex and his wife, and her ...