
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

My husband and I have been married for six years.

I have been with my boyfriend for 11 years.

My 20-year-old niece, “Andrea,” came to visit her grandmother wearing a nose stud.

I have a colleague who has become an amazing friend over the last few years.

While shopping at the mall, I have seen too many stressed-out parents ignore or yell at their children.

A dear friend, "Lorraine," contacted me because her daughter "Gabby" came out to her as bisexual and Lorraine knew I had experience with "this type of thing."

I have been friends with a woman I’ll call “Blanche” for 40 years.

My friend's house was severely damaged in a hurricane and she lost a lot of the contents.

I am a healthy, single, 76-year-old man.

My boyfriend of four years has been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.