If your sister and her husband can’t treat your husband with more warmth, I’m not sure why you would expect him to welcome them with open arms. Because you’ ...

Dear Abby: We're a same-sex couple, and my husband has never gotten along with my sister and her husband. The tension has grown over the 17 years they've known each other. I suspect my sister may feel ...

We're a same-sex couple, and my husband has never gotten along with my sister and her husband. The tension has grown over the 17 years they've known each other. I suspect my sister may feel ...

I have witnessed many events at funerals that shouldn’t happen but seem to continue to happen. An example is a woman who has had a child with a married man showing up at the man’s funeral, acting as ...

I met “Maureen” 25 years ago, and we dated for a few months. Since then, we have remained friends in loose contact, married to and then divorced from other partners. Four years ago, we began talking ...

I don't want to lose my friend by being too direct about my observations and our boundaries, and I don't want my silence to ...

"If the child is a minor, I think they should sit quietly at a discreet distance from her lover’s family, and if the child is an adult, she should stay away entirely." ...

A friend of a widow is upset when a woman who had a child with the deceased attends his funeral. The letter writer believes the widow should be allowed to bury her husband in peace.

Whether you like it or not, the mistress and the deceased’s family are linked because of the child. Whether a minor or an adult, that child has lost a parent and has a right to ...

Dear Abby advises a woman who is upset that her friend's late husband's mistress came to the man's funeral with his child.

A man values his longtime friendship with a woman but worries she may hope for a romantic relationship. He doesn’t want to ...

I met “Maureen” 25 years ago, and we dated for a few months. Since then, we have remained friends in loose contact, married to and then divorced from other partners. Four years ago, we began talking ...