Amy Dickinson

Dear Readers: On my last day communicating with you in this way, I feel compelled to try to sum up my experience by offering some lasting wisdom, but I’ve got...

Dear Readers: With wedding season upon us, I’m re-running a favorite column from 2021 devoted to wedding mishaps — all sent in by readers. Perhaps reading about some of the...

Dear Amy: I don’t want to upset my community by accusing them of racist behavior I have never witnessed, but I am aware of incidents taking place in similar communities.

Dear Amy: I have recently found out that six months ago her daughter was in a freak accident and is now paralyzed from the waist down. The story made the...

Dear Readers: Today I hope you will enjoy a rerun of two of the most infuriating questions I have ever published (slightly edited for space).

Dear Amy: He knows nearly everything about me. The last thing – the thing he doesn’t know – is my protected secret.

Dear Amy: If they show up with him, do we have a right to ask them to leave? We will be so angered!

Dear Amy: He has never initiated a conversation, and during family events he either absents himself or is present but playing video games on his phone.

Dear Amy: I think the hostess could have spared some social awkwardness with one quick sentence privately, like “Joan is John now, deal with it,” which would have been fine...

Dear Amy: I occasionally made jokes and said things that in retrospect I realize were inappropriate. She finally set me straight.