Next time, handle it calmly in the moment with a steady line and a small smile. Ask her to please not pat your head. If she ...

DEAR SECOND OPINION: “How is this helping the relationship?” The honest answer is, it isn’t. A partner doesn’t “work on a ...

“Out of Bounds: Estrangement, Boundaries and the Search for Forgiveness” is out now! Annie Lane’s third anthology is for anyone who has lived with anger, estrangement or the deep ache of being wronged ...

I was pretty upset to hear this. Not only is it my story and didn’t happen to her, but it wouldn’t have happened to her.

In today's Dear Annie column, a lonely woman grapples with dating her second cousin and asks whether comfort is worth ...

I told my friend that I had become aware of this situation and she immediately became hysterical, insisting she was too upset to talk further, effectively shutting down any possibility of sorting it ...

Make room for the parts of him that still exist outside ideology. Ask about work, hobbies, and ordinary life. Extremes thrive ...