Dear Annie: Two and a half years ago, I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My ...

She tends to find issues with others and with me that are absolutely ridiculous, and anger comes out in tantrums.

I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out with his cousin. My sister is very angry with me and my son.

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

I’m 58 years old and have seven grandchildren who mean the world to me. One of my sons, however, only seems to reach out when ...

I’ve decided not to attend any event where the ex might be present. She blamed me for the breakup, even though I had nothing ...

"I do my best to encourage my son to include my nephew, but at his age, I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out ...

One of her stepkids is now inviting their mother to events on her husband's side of the family. They've been divorced for ...

Dear Annie: Two and a half years ago, I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My ...

I do my best to encourage my son to include my nephew, but at his age, I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out ...

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.

Dear Sad Sister: You’re right that you can’t force your son to include his cousin -- he’s an adult in charge of his own decisions -- but you can explain to him why it’s important, just as you did here ...