Jeanne Phillips

Jeanne Phillips

LATEST STORIES BY JEANNE PHILLIPS

 

DEAR ABBY: Car alarm repeatedly wakes up sleeping neighbours

DEAR ABBY: I’m fortunate that most of my neighbours are kind and considerate. We’ve all enjoyed sharing each other’s celebrations. However, there’s one family among the five households that we’ve never managed to connect with on a personal level. Despite our efforts, such as giving gifts and food, they have always been unresponsive. While there’s no animosity, there is also no rapport.

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February 11, 2025 Relationships
A neighbour's car alarm is interrupting a reader's sleep.

DEAR ABBY: Mother-in-law has been couple's roommate for 14 years

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been happily married for 15 years. My mother-in-law, “Pat,” a widow since 1997, has lived with us for the last 14 years. She lived alone in her own apartment when my wife and I first were married but was going through bouts of depression. I initially extended the offer to her to live with us until she got through her depression, and I mentioned it would be for only a year or two.

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February 9, 2025 Relationships
A mother-in-law has overstayed her welcome.

DEAR ABBY: Alcoholic wants to be in the room for grandchild's birth

DEAR ABBY: I am an adult child of an alcoholic. My mother is a mean drunk. While growing up, I had to act as her therapist and deal with her co-dependency. I have been lucky to have processed a lot of the trauma in therapy and to have a loving and healthy family of my own now. We actively avoid Mom after 3 p.m. because I don’t want my kids subjected to her cruelty. I do not think it is healthy for them to be around abusive, inebriated people.

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February 8, 2025 Relationships
A pregrant woman doesn't want her alcoholic mother to be in the delivery room.

DEAR ABBY: Two decades have not healed painful breach in relationship

DEAR ABBY: Twenty years ago, I developed psychosis with a personality change. I did things I’m ashamed of. I had an affair, remarried and moved out of the country, leaving my 13-year-old daughter with my ex-husband. I snapped out of it 15 years ago with the help of a good psychiatrist and excellent medication. I deeply regret my behaviour, and I have made every effort to change things. However, my relationship with my daughter has never recovered in spite of my apologies, sorrow and deep shame.

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February 5, 2025 Relationships
A mother wants her estranged adult daughter to forgive her.
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