DEAR ABBY: My spouse and I are retired and on Social Security. We’ve both worked hard all our lives and are content living a ...

We also worry that our Social Security and Medicare benefits will be stripped away. We rely on them to live. We both paid ...

A reader thinks the future seems “grim” and doesn’t know where to turn.

DEAR ABBY: After moving into a 55-plus community seven years ago, I became close friends with my neighbors, "Iris" and her husband. She was widowed five years ago, and I began a relationship four ...

Women at the hardware and grocery stores keep coming up to me, asking about my shirt and trying to get a date with me.

Dear Abby: My best friend didn’t invite me to her wedding Dear Abby: I don’t know how I’ll survive if Social Security gets cut ...

DEAR ABBY: For years, my husband and I have socialized with a small group of couples, all empty nesters in our 50s and 60s.

Stories by Abigail Van Buren Dear Abby: I was hurt when my husband reached out to his first wife’s family on anniversary of her death Dear Abby: Retired couple fears loss of Social Security ...

Dear Abby: My longtime friend has always been a good storyteller, but as we become older, she hijacks every conversation. How can I get her to stop talking?

DEAR ABBY: I have a strained relationship with my sister. There has always been a lot of drama surrounding her. Over the years, she has always played the victim. We talk only if one of my parents ...

FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025 DEAR ABBY: My father's wife, "Carole," loves to thrift-shop. She enjoys hunting for a good deal, particularly if she can find things for our 5-year-old daughter ...