DEAR ABBY: I have known my best friend, “Carl,” and his wife for 30 years. We do everything together -- cruises, holidays, birthdays, etc. They allow (and enable) their boxer dog to go after innocent ...

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

My younger brother, “Paul,” is 40 and in a rut. He became friends with a friend of mine, “Mitch,” whom I met in college. Paul ...