DEAR MISS MANNERS: For almost 20 years, I’ve worked with the same group of nine people. Every birthday is celebrated with a ...

DEAR ANNIE: At the beginning of the year, I met a guy we’ll call “Gus.” In the first couple of months, I felt like things would progress into a relationship. We went to dinner, watched movies and ...

DEAR ANNIE: I have a new neighbor who recently moved in. She orders a lot of things online, which I have no problem with. However, there’ve been times she’s had her packages shipped to my house or to ...

Ruth, first, use a loofah or a stiff body brush with lots of soap to scrub your elbows in a circular motion while you shower ...

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

My elbows are clean but dark. I hate it! What can I do to lighten them up? — Ruth, in Minnesota Ruth, first, use a loofah or ...

DEAR CONCERNED NEPHEW: It’s clear this has weighed on you far longer than it’s needed to. Lying isn’t good, but what you did was a small, human mistake. It wasn’t fair of your aunt to embarrass you ...

GENTLE READER: As guests in the house, you were essentially captives, Miss Manners realizes, but even were that not the case, ...

I keep a spray bottle filled with isopropyl alcohol that is set to shoot a stream -- not a mist -- at any cockroaches I see ...

I keep a spray bottle filled with isopropyl alcohol that is set to shoot a stream — not a mist — at any cockroaches I see in ...

I keep a spray bottle filled with isopropyl alcohol that is set to shoot a stream — not a mist — at any cockroaches I see in my ...

I have always told family members they are welcome to visit, but anything more than three or four days is too long.