Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: My daughter and son-in-law allow their 17-year-old son to drink alcohol in their home – and not just a sip of wine. They believe that he will become...

Dear Amy: I'm a 53-year-old woman. Because of a stressful job I've had for the last 20 years, I have some friends, but making new ones can be a struggle...

Dear Amy: I am very close with my first cousin "Landon." Landon is a robust and healthy older man. Unbeknownst to him, we are not actually cousins, in fact, we're...

Dear Amy: I have a daughter in high school. She is gorgeous, popular, does well in school, and excels at soccer (she plays on a regional travel team). It is...

Dear Amy: My wife "Linda" and I have been married for 20 years and have two teenage kids. We are close in all ways imaginable – except for sex. We...

Dear Amy: My husband of 50 years died over two years ago. I was happy and content with my single life and have had no interest in dating. Last year...

Dear Amy: A year ago, my mother-in-law's live-in companion died by suicide. He was 88 and had just gotten a terminal diagnosis. My husband took a three-month leave of absence...

Dear Amy: I had a 15-year affair with a married man ("Marshall"), who then ended his marriage in order to be with me exclusively. Marshall and I continued our relationship...

Dear Amy: My granddaughter is six. Her parents want her to grow up to be independent. This manifests itself in many liberties and responsibilities, some of which I think she...

Dear Amy: Two years ago, my father-in-law called to inform his son (my husband) that he was being disinherited because, in my father-in-law's words, "We don't need his inheritance." He...