Dear Abby: My selfish parents won’t help with their grandchildren
Dear Abby advises a woman who is disappointed her parents and inlaws aren't helping her raise their grandchild.
Dear Abby: I’m angry that my parents and in-laws consider other things more important than their grandchild
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Dear Abby: If I visit, friend wants me to babysit her grandchildren
DEAR ABBY: I was recently invited for a long weekend at my friend’s new home in South Carolina. She has wanted me to come there to visit ever since she purchased it. I offered to come down, but then I sprained my ankle, and it still has not healed.
Dear Abby: Grandparents are too busy or too self-centered to appreciate grandchild
I’m angry that they are missing out on this wonderful little person and consider other things more important than their grandchild.
Dear Abby: Parents don’t have time for grandchild
My parents have just announced they won’t be able to get off work for her birthday party. They knew it was coming, and I know it was possible for them to plan a work around for the party.
Dear Abby: My parents, in-laws aren’t fulfilling promise to spend time with our toddler
Before the child's birth, the elders had ambitious plans to be involved with their new granddaughter, but now that the girl's nearly 2, they're busy with other things and hardly see her.
Dear Abby: My husband said he was cutting out sweets, but yet my chocolates have gone missing
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for 15 years. He made a resolution to go on a diet and cut out sweets. However, ...
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Dear Abby: Grandparents’ lack of interest disappoints mom
A reader said before her daughter was born her parents were excited to become grandparents. Now that she’s here, it is exactly the opposite.
Dear Abby: My family abandoned me after I had a massive heart attack
Dear Abby gives advice to a person who is hurt after none of his estranged family reached out to him after having a medical ...
Dear Abby: Would it set our hoarding sister back if we tell her we don't want her stuff as 'gifts'?
DEAR ABBY: My sister “Mary Ann” is a hoarder. She refuses all offers of assistance (physically and emotionally) to clear her ...
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Dear Abby: Woman holds life insurance policies on son’s wife
I've recently discovered that my mother-in-law has two life insurance policies on me, neither of which I knew about, and one ...
Dear Abby: My parents ruined my teen, and now they say I have to take her back
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
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Dear Abby: Sibling seeks to rejoin estranged family after health scare
Six years ago, our mother died. She was the rock of our family. Two weeks after that, my family started falling apart. My ...
Dear Abby: Torn family won’t reconcile after health scare
"My family is growing with grandkids, and I would love to reconnect our families before it’s too late. Is it too late?" ...
Dear Abby: How do I handle an elderly aunt who has a gambling problem?
DEAR ABBY: How do I handle an elderly aunt who has a gambling problem? I live in a town with casinos. She lives in another ...
Dear Abby: Grandparents all vowed to have active role in new child's life. It's just not happening
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.