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

DEAR ABBY: I had a close friendship with a co-worker ... You looked to your co-worker for emotional support and now it is gone. You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t mourn the loss.

Dear Abby gives advice to a woman whose family is ... It also ended my wanting a relationship with my mother, but her emotional abuse continued until she died in 2013. I am being told that, ...

DEAR ABBY: I recently scheduled a last-minute consultation ... I was just hoping for some emotional support from my spouse of 31 years. I have had plenty of that financially, but not emotionally.

I have a roommate, "Don," I have lived with for 11 years. At first, we were dating, but we broke up, and Don moved out for a ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single parent ... For example, he struggles with conflict management between the kids (and his own temper). He has no sense; I do not trust he knows what or when to feed ...

Dear Abby: Fifteen years ago ... I lack the ability to prioritize gratitude over the memories of the emotional abuse to which he subjected my co-workers and me. My tenure there had a negative ...

DEAR ABBY: My wife died five years ago. I waited for four years before getting back in the dating scene. My girlfriend was divorced six years ago. Her ex-husband lives in a different state.

DEAR ABBY: My husband has been retired from law ... While you're at it, tell him his emotional affairs (if that's all they are) with women who have abused him are sick, and you will no longer ...

Dear Abby: Last week my wife and I were at a local function. During intermission, a man walked up behind my wife and placed his hand on her shoulder. She looked up, shouted “George!”, ...

DEAR ABBY: Do you think it’s unreasonable to ask ... bordering on rude. Every effort at emotional connection is initiated by me (like planning date nights or going out for a walk to have a ...