DEAR READERS: Welcome to 2026! A New Year has arrived; the last one is safely behind us. As always, this New Year brings with it our hopes for a new beginning. Today presents an opportunity to discard ...

Dear Abby gives advice to a reader who is using AI to cope with the loss of her grandmother. Style Eyes - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: I’m a 50-year-old woman who has lived with orthopedic challenges ...

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DEAR ABBY: My stepson passed away five years ago. Over the next two years, his widow moved several different guys in. Related Articles Dear Abby: I’m furious that my wife is going to our daughter’s ...

Annie Lane took on her share of miserable marriages, parental problems, and meddling mothers-in-law in 2025. We may not always agree with her advice, but readers were very interested in what she had ...

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DEAR ANNIE: I am starting to feel like my whole life is lived through a screen, and I am ashamed to admit how much control my phone seems to have over me. I am 42 and married, with two kids in middle ...

DEAR ANNIE: I previously worked with a woman, “Loretta,” who I’ve maintained a relationship with for over 20 years. We were never close, meeting-for-lunch type friends -- more of a talk-once-a-month ...

Dear Annie: My older sister, “Jan,” who is nine years older than I am, has a long history of trying to sabotage my life in truly hurtful ways. When our mother died in 2015, something happened that I ...

Issues with in-laws once again led the way in the most popular Dear Annie columns published on cleveland.com this year. Other popular subjects included communication problems and issues with parents.

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Dear Abby: How does one approach, by phone, email or in person, a couple—close friends of many years—whose husband is slipping into dementia? Do we acknowledge and commiserate, pretend nothing is ...