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.
A vague response to an old fling has eroded his confidence in the relationship.
Retired man’s wife, who has helped him through back and hip surgeries, wishes he’d stop communicating with the women who cheated on him, stole from him and gave him STDs.
Disabled woman gets dirty looks as she gets help from her father in his 70s.
Shy woman resists mingling at senior center, in church, as a volunteer or with neighbors.
Knowledgeable about addiction, aunt wants to help but is having trouble reaching him.
It wouldn’t be healthy to relive his manipulative, mean-spirited personality.
Even though his wife contributes to the payments, his name is the only one on the mortgage, and sometimes he threatens to make her leave.
She’s something of a hoarder, and many of her furniture and personal items are still at the house of her son and aggravated daughter-in-law.
A deacon and Sunday school teacher, he lies from the pulpit about his wife and cheats on her, but she believes she can’t afford to leave him.