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Dear Annie: 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 ...

"My issue is that I am very lonely and wish I had someone in my life. I, however, have no desire to be in another ...

I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My younger brother came to my rescue. He and ...

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 ...

Dear Sad Sister: You’re right that you can’t force your son to include his cousin -- he’s an adult in charge of his own ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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.