Letter writer asked a friend to stop venting about another friend and got cut off for it. Dear Eric: I recently set ...

Welcome to Asking for a Friend, an advice column that helps you make sense of your messiest, most complicated friendship moments. Each month, clinical psychologist Miriam Kirmayer, PhD, will answer ...

How do you draw the line when someone's complaints go too far and impact your relationship with them? Psychiatrist Dr. Sue ...

“If you’re speaking with someone who is a relative or a childhood friend, you can go back in your mind to remember who they ...

DEAR ABBY: Although my wife and I (we are both women) have stuck it out for nearly 40 years, there has been some dysfunction.

A reader is unsure how to proceed after a longtime family friend, one who has helped care for her aging father, chewed her out over the phone.

DEAR VETERANS: For your service to our nation, I salute you. My thanks to each of you on this Veterans Day. You personify patriotism, self-sacrifice and dedication to our country. I would also like to ...

Kid and Kid’s Friend walk off into the waterpark. Later, exactly 45 seconds after the hourly whistle, Kid Whisperer packs up ...

We all know the familiar—and at this point, overdone—romance trope of friends to lovers. It’s easy enough to be so comfortable with someone that you don’t realize you’re catching feelings. But what ...

I’m a man in my 40s who had to walk away from a 20-year friendship several years ago. We were very close, we lived and ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who regrets leaving their drunk friend behind at a party.

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