A reader wonders if she should reach out to reconnect with a friend she has not been in touch with for several years.

Dear Missing: Weddings can be complicated affairs, and it’s likely that Carla was stressed and distracted because of the ...

My longtime best friend and I had a falling out when I couldn't attend her son's wedding. Now, several years later, I still ...

The family had rooms at the hotel where the wedding was being held. I was hoping she’d offer that I could go with her and stay the night with her at the hotel. She didn’t offer, so I ...

I have an aunt with whom I used to be closer, but haven't seen in a decade. She's in hospice care now with little time to ...

DEAR ABBY: I see a psychiatrist and psychologist for generalized anxiety disorder, major depression disorder and borderline ...

DEAR ABBY: I have had a friend since junior high. We have kept in touch off and on over the years. The last few years, she ...

Dear Eric: My brother has children with whom I was extremely close when he and his wife got divorced in 1989. He never supported his kids, never paid child support and drank away everyone’s money, ...

The final straw came during a holiday gathering when she made a cutting comment about my marriage in front of the whole family ... to [email protected]. Dear Abby: Can I politely refuse ...

Dear Abby: My mother has cancer that has metastasized, and my family is now expecting me to talk to her. We haven’t had a relationship in nine years, ever since she moved out of state with her ...

but her mixed messages are driving me crazy Dear Abby: Husband has been ‘keeping it in the family’ behind my back for decades Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne ...

Is there anything I can do to reconnect ... But do not count on reuniting with your family; at this point, their minds appear to be made up. DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Leon,” and I have ...