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 ...

I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out with his cousin. My sister is very angry with me and my son.

That said, it hurts that my son doesn’t make an effort to connect with me beyond needing child care. I want to address this ...

The most important step for you right now is to seek help for your self-harm from a trained therapist. You deserve support to ...

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 ...

In today's Dear Annie column, a reader seeks Annie Lane's advice on how to improve communication between her and her one son.

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.

My sister expects me to make my son and his friends spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s and used to ...

Dear Annie: What an amazing soul you are, and your duty to do for others before yourself speaks loudly of your ability to be truly unselfish. Thank you for the experiences and advice you have ...

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One of her stepkids is now inviting their mother to events on her husband's side of the family. They've been divorced for ...