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

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 ...

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

One of her stepkids is now inviting their mother to events on her husband's side of the family. They've been divorced for ...

In today's Dear Annie column, a reader seeks Annie Lane's advice on how to improve communication between her and her one son.

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

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.

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

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 ...

Dear Annie: I don’t even know where to begin. I’ve been seeing this girl “Angie” for eight months now. She is everything to me. I fell in love with her right away, and she said she loved ...

The most important step for you right now is to seek help for your self-harm from a trained therapist. You deserve support to ...