Annie's Mailbox for 2/6/2012

Dear Annie: I have been married nearly 30 years to someone who is a self-centered, selfish, immature mama's boy. Mama is so controlling, and yet so needy, that every time we've moved, she's moved nearby. She has switched to the same doctor and ...

Annie's Mailbox for 2/5/2012

Dear Annie: My husband's sister is impossible. "Anabel" is bitter, nasty, venal, snide and vicious. She can't wait two minutes before making a cruel remark.

Soon after my husband and I moved back to his hometown, he had a stroke at the age of 52....

Annie's Mailbox for 2/4/2012

Dear Annie: My brother lives 100 miles away from his job. He says he has a good job, but our family strongly suspects he is dealing drugs again. He has two children with an ex-girlfriend who is bipolar and not taking her medication.

The children ...

Annie's Mailbox for 2/3/2012

Dear Annie: I am one of nine children. There is a large age gap between us because my younger siblings are from a second marriage. They are 3, 5 and 7.

Since moving out a few years ago, I have begun to see my mother in a different light. As a ...

Annie's Mailbox for 2/2/2012

Dear Annie: I am a college freshman. My sister, "Katie," is a sophomore in high school. I am on good terms with many of her friends. One, "Jessie," is a bit wild.

In November, Jessie messaged me on Facebook. She said she had transferred to a ...

Annie's Mailbox for 2/1/2012

Dear Annie: My husband and I moved from Alaska to Hawaii a year ago to help a friend who is suffering with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). "John" promised to pay my husband $120 a day if he would leave his job and act as caregiver. My husband agreed, ...