Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: I am a 68-year-old professional woman with advanced degrees. I have a very successful career, a loving husband, and great family and friends. I was adopted at birth...

Dear Amy: I am a 60-year-old widowed man. My wife of over 30 years passed away four years ago after a long illness. My late-wife's sister and I started spending...

Dear Amy: I grew up in the '60s in a Midwestern family where we were taught to repress our emotions. I was a sensitive and creative kid, the youngest of...

Dear Amy: I was with my boyfriend for four years. We lived together the entire time. He was my soul mate and stepped in to be the dad in my...

Dear Amy: I have serious concerns about new neighbors, who moved in about a year ago. They have two young daughters. I suspect the mother is an alcoholic. Her actions...

Dear Amy: I mow lawns as a side gig. Several months ago, my lawn mower quit working and one of the people I mow for (the "Smiths") offered to let...

Dear Amy: I have two children, ages 5 and 10. I have been a single mother for the past four years after a decade of abuse from their father and...

Dear Amy: I am in a group of four women who have played Bridge together almost every week for more than 25 years. A year ago, one of the group...

Dear Amy: I was raised in a very abusive environment. The abuse was very seriously physical on my dad's side, and mentally and emotionally on my mom's. I left home...