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

DEAR ABBY: My spouse and I are retired and on Social Security. We’ve both worked hard all our lives and are content living a ...

A reader thinks the future seems “grim” and doesn’t know where to turn.

Women at the hardware and grocery stores keep coming up to me, asking about my shirt and trying to get a date with me.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are retired. He sits in his recliner chair all day, every day. He says he is “studying his Bible” ...

DEAR ABBY: I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his full-time job last year. I still ...

Dear Abby: I cry every time I think of this. Plus: My mother-in-law touches me without my consent.

Dear Abby: They ask about the ring my husband gave me, and I don’t know what to say Plus: After 10 happy years, my wife doesn't want to be touched ...

Stories by Abigail Van Buren Dear Abby: Retired couple fears loss of Social Security benefits. ‘Shouldn’t we get what we paid into all these years?’ ...

FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025 DEAR ABBY: My father's wife, "Carole," loves to thrift-shop. She enjoys hunting for a good deal, particularly if she can find things for our 5-year-old daughter ...

I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his full-time job last year. I still work full time. Since his ...