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DEAR ABBY: I was recently invited for a long weekend at my friend’s new home in South Carolina. She has wanted me to come ...

Since the delivery of the clothes and shoes I had bought, my mother-in-law had been upbeat. We had talked more times in the past two weeks than we had done for more than the three years I had been ...

Dear Eric: My brother and sister-in-law visit infrequently, usually only once or twice a year, including a major holiday. After each visit I tell my husband that we will not host them again. In the ...

Dear Amy: My in-laws are in town. They are staying at our apartment. Thankfully, my husband and I are able to stay at my parents' place while my own folks are away, because our apartment is too small ...

My mother-in-law has always been difficult, but right now she is driving me to drink. She is in her 80s and could no longer live alone after two bad falls. She needed round-the-clock care that her ...