Dear Abby: More than 40 years later, I want to apologize for a hurtful lie from childhood

A woman in her 50s remains haunted by her role in spreading hurtful rumors in elementary school. She wants to know whether ...

Dear Abby: Years of verbal abuse have left me feeling mentally battered and ashamed

A wife says her husband is controlling, frequently criticizes and humiliates her, and refuses counseling. She is struggling ...

Dear Abby: I admit it, I was the mean girl in high school; 40 years later, I’m wracked with guilt

So you “took the fall”? Everyone who repeated the falsehood should have taken it with you. Because this still bothers you 40 years later, by all means reach out and apologize if you can track down the ...

Dear Abby: 40 years of my husband’s verbal abuse has beaten me down

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
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Years of verbal abuse leave wife beaten down

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 40 years and have two grown children. He wants things done his way and only his way and will go on and on about it if something is done any other way. He ...

Dear Abby: Husband verbally assaults me in public, and gaslights me into thinking that’s normal

My husband and I have been married 40 years and have two grown children. My husband is controlling. He wants things done his ...

Dear Abby: My husband of 40 years hollers at me in public and it’s affecting my health

My husband and I have been married 40 years and have two grown children. My husband is controlling. He wants things done his ...
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Dear Abby: Woman seeks forgiveness for childhood rumor

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Dear Abby: What I did to these classmates still haunts me

I am a woman in my 50s. At the end of elementary school, I participated in spreading some untrue and hurtful rumors about a girl and boy in my class. Dear Abby: My sister won’t show me photos of her ...

Years of husband’s verbal abuse leave wife beaten down

My husband and I have been married 40 years and have two grown children. My husband is controlling. He wants things done his way and only his way and will go on and on about it if something is done ...

Dear Abby: My husband has ‘hollered’ at me for 40 years. Is this the example I want grandkids to see?

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Dear Abby: My husband of 40 years verbally batters me and it’s affecting my health

This reader asks Dear Abby how she can convince her husband of 40 years to go to a marriage counselor with her.