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

"People I had considered close friends and family who supposedly loved my mother came up with a dozen different reasons not ...

Dear Abby: I recently spent weeks caring for my mom in hospice. I was holding her hand when she took her last breath. I had ...

During the hardest period of her life, she watched as people made excuses for why they couldn't be there for her.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have neighbors we are not interested in being friends with. We are a religious family and believe ...

DEAR ABBY: I recently spent weeks caring for my mom in hospice. I was holding her hand when she took her last breath. I had ...

Dear Abby gives advice to a reader who is hurt after many of the people in her life skipped going to her mother’s funeral.

DEAR ABBY: My son-in-law, “Samuel,” whom I adore, is a great partner to my daughter and an amazing father to my grandson.

At the most horrible time in my life, they chose to leave me alone. Then it struck me: I really have no friends or meaningful ...

People I had considered close friends and family who supposedly loved my mother came up with a dozen different reasons not to ...

In today’s Dear Abby, a grieving daughter who arranged her mother’s funeral is left heartbroken when friends and family make ...

Speak to your aunt privately and tell her you want to make an uncomfortable observation. With her blessing, tell her what you ...