Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: Just before the pandemic, I started dating a charming, smart, handsome, funny professional guy.

Dear Amy: My aunt has fallen on hard financial times and has begun leaning on me. Although she has a daughter, two stepsons, a nephew, and the biological father of...

My question is: What does somebody do with these personal effects? This man lived for not much more than two decades. He did not have any children.

Dear Readers: The following Q&A is an example of a prank question that savvy readers enjoyed so much that it went viral. Honestly, I don’t know how I missed this...

Dear Amy: When I wrote to you, I was focused on the exhaustion of dealing with everything on my own after my parents' death. I was pained that during my...

Dear Amy: I am fully aware of my memory problems, but they are not yet obvious to others.

Dear Amy: My 83-year-old widowed mother is depressed, and I don't know how to help.

Dear Amy: His grandfather feels that since he has married Helen it is disrespectful for his grandson to address her as anything but grandma.

Dear Amy: I want to support her, but it's stressful for me to keep dealing with her various boyfriends, and I'm tired.

Dear Amy: How can I let our wedding guests know that we really mean “no gifts” without it sounding like fake modesty?