DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with my boyfriend for 12 years. We have two children and a third on the way. Three years ago, we got our family a dog, “Astro,” the love of our lives. She passed away three months ...

DEAR WANNABE WIFEY: Your boyfriend clearly likes the status quo. After two years, it’s time to offer him the option of couples counseling. If he refuses and you still want to take the relationship to ...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together for 18 years. Everyone we know thinks we are married, but we never got it on paper. He has always been less empathetic than I would like, and there’s a ...

A grieving woman considers ending her relationship after her boyfriend brings home a new dog without considering her feelings.

After 18 years together, a long-term relationship feels increasingly distant. With intimacy gone, affection withdrawn and stress taking its toll, the writer wonders how to ask for emotional connection ...

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about the girlfriend versus the girl who has a boyfriend. The girlfriend is the one who ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

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DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with my boyfriend for 12 years. We have two children and a third on the way. Dear Abby: My mother found out where I get the money I give her, and she’s not happy Dear Abby: Any ...