I don’t want to blow up Christmas, but I also don’t want another holiday spent swallowing my feelings while he unloads his.

Dear Exhausted Friend: You can care without being a witness to every bite of her dinner. Be honest but kind: Tell her you’re ...

My parents beg me not to make waves because he’s “working on himself,” but his self-work is coming at my expense.

Dear Silent Night No More: Your brother isn’t practicing “radical honesty.” He’s practicing rudeness dressed up as virtue.

In today's Dear Annie column, a reader struggles to protect their holiday joy from a brother who uses “radical honesty.” ...

In today's Dear Annie column, a newly minted empty nester shares her struggle with loneliness and changing family dynamics as ...

Dear Struggling: You are not silly or naive. You are a survivor who has figured out how to keep putting one foot in front of ...

When they do come home, they’re on their phones or making plans with friends. I end up cooking, cleaning and pretending I’m ...

Dear Struggling: You are not silly or naive. You are a survivor who has figured out how to keep putting one foot in front of ...

Dear Annie: Now that my youngest left for college, everyone keeps telling me I’ve “entered my freedom era.” The truth is, I ...

DEAR ANNIE: If you had told me five years ago that I would fall in love with my ex-boyfriend’s brother, I would have laughed ...

If you had told me five years ago that I would fall in love with my ex-boyfriend’s brother, I would have laughed you out of ...