Advice columnist Annie Lane is a young wife and mother with a gift for helping other people solve problems. In a voice that's sympathetic, funny and firm, Lane provides common-sense solutions to life's dilemmas.
Many of you were touched by the husband “Anonymous,” who wrote a letter about the loss of his wife to the disease of alcoholism.
I want to thank you for your response to the man who wrote to you concerning getting closure with the father who had abused him.
Dear Annie: Recently, during a visit from my 50-year-old son, I was bullied, threatened, taunted and treated cruelly by him.
Dear Annie: I’m 29 and single. I’m proud to have worked my butt off since college and am now seeing the fruits of my labor.
Dear Annie: My very good friend “Pamela” has a son who recently got married. The wedding took place in the middle of September. The bride decided at the beginning of December that she didn’t want to be married. My question is this: Who gets the gifts?
Dear Annie: I am writing about our 23-year-old daughter, who is having trouble with her digestive system.
Every December, my ex-mother-in-law organizes a holiday party for all of the women from her side of the family.
Again, it is time to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. He would have been 91 on Jan. 15.
Dear Annie: About a year and a half ago, I met a woman whom I liked very much.
Dear Annie: Our beloved family dog, Dasher, passed away last year.
