DEAR ANNIE: My mother died when I was 5, and I grew up in a very abusive childhood -- abuse in every sense of the word. I’m ...

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Dear Annie: My mother died when I was 5, and I grew up in a very abusive childhood -- abuse in every sense of the word. I’m ...

I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My younger brother came to my rescue. He and ...

Dear Annie: My sister expects me to make my son, and his friends, spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s ...

While she can't force her son to hang out with his autistic cousin, Annie does advise her to impress upon him the importance ...

My mother died when I was 5, and I grew up in a very abusive childhood — abuse in every sense of the word. I’m still ...

That said, it hurts that my son doesn’t make an effort to connect with me beyond needing child care. I want to address this ...

Every chance he gets, he demands money from me and when I refuse, he throws a tantrum like a 50-something-year-old child.

Dear Annie: I’ve been in a relationship with someone who has consistently treated me like a human ATM machine. Every chance ...

We have not answered their calls and don’t want to. We feel we should, at this time in our lives, not have to deal with them.

My sister expects me to make my son and his friends spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s and used to ...