DEAR ABBY: I had a friend, “Mylene,” for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her ...

Grandparents are struggling to maintain a relationship with their daughter’s family due to their difficult 10-year-old ...

A woman is heartbroken after her friend refused to watch her dog due to a change in her travel plans for a funeral. Despite ...

I reminded her of everything that I have done to help her out when she needed it, but she didn’t want to help me.

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

DEAR ABBY: I had a friend, “Mylene,” for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her ...

Dear Abby: I had a friend, "Mylene," for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her ...

A reader seeks advice on how to mend her relationship with a friend after she declined to dog-sit in a moment of need.

I had a friend, "Mylene," for many years. We swapped dog-sitting to offset the cost for each other. I helped her when she was ...

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

She said she’d keep my dog, but when the date changed, she said she couldn’t do it. “I have to work,” she said.