Dear Feeling Degraded: You are not being overly sensitive. Patting an adult on the head is not “cute.” It is condescending, ...

“Out of Bounds: Estrangement, Boundaries and the Search for Forgiveness” is out now! Annie Lane’s third anthology is for ...

I was pretty upset to hear this. Not only is it my story and didn’t happen to her, but it wouldn’t have happened to her.

"I don’t want to sound dramatic, but in my body, it feels dramatic — like someone is asking me to erase a part of my life ...

DEAR SECOND OPINION: “How is this helping the relationship?” The honest answer is, it isn’t. A partner doesn’t “work on a ...

Dear Annie: I’ve always been someone who struggles between my head and my heart. I see things that I want so badly and my ...

In today's Dear Annie column, a lonely woman grapples with dating her second cousin and asks whether comfort is worth ...

“Out of Bounds” is for the people who don’t want to cut anyone off — they just want to stop being walked on. It’s for the readers who love their families, value loyalty and know in their bones that ...

Dear Annie: I never imagined I would be writing to you about this, but I’m at a loss and worried sick.

I never imagined I would be writing to you about this, but I’m at a loss and worried sick. One of my adult sons has become ...

Dear Stolen Story: What happened to you was real and it was yours. No one has the right to take that kind of trauma and claim ...

Dear Tired: No, you are not being too harsh. Being deliberately ignored is hurtful, and after 40 years of trying to keep the ...