I don’t want to abandon her, but sometimes I wonder if she really cares about me or if she just wants someone to listen to ...

"I don’t want to abandon her, but sometimes I wonder if she really cares about me or if she just wants someone to listen to ...

Feeling Stuck Between Polite and Broke Dear Stuck Between Polite and Broke: You’re not being too sensitive; you’re being taken advantage of. A real friend doesn’t repeatedly “forget” her ...

The friend criticized our life choices, looking down on us. My husband and I were both in the car when I read it aloud.

Friendships aren’t always 50/50, but over time, they should be somewhat balanced out.

She’s cut off nearly everyone -- siblings, grandchildren, old friends ... of abandonment when you never got the chance to ask “why”? -- Still Trying to Understand Dear Trying to Understand ...

Feeling Stuck Between Polite and Broke Dear Stuck Between Polite and Broke: You’re not being too sensitive; you’re being taken advantage of. A real friend doesn’t repeatedly “forget” her ...

I don’t want to abandon her, but sometimes I wonder if she really cares about me or if she just wants someone to listen to her.

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to receiving a hurtful text from friend of 50 years.

Marital Doubts DEAR DOUBTS: It’s possible this is a chicken-and-egg situation, as in you may have doubts because of the story or you may be thinking ... concerns with a friend or other loved ...

To all of my dear friends, to my acquaintances and soon-to-be friends, to the strangers that I have yet to meet, I love you ...

By now, you might’ve heard about Amy Griffin’s best-selling memoir, The Tell, about her troubled upbringing in Texas, to ...