DEAR ANNIE: My cousin and I attend the same church. We have never been close; she was closer to my younger sister, who passed away in April of last year. Although we are not close, we had always been ...

My cousin has led a challenged life of addiction and estrangement.

My cousin (more like a sister) has made some extremely rash and concerning choices over the last year. After she had her second baby, she left her husband and started seeing a series of ...

Dear Abby advises a reader who wants to end a casual acquaintance and another who has a cousin who is dealing with a failing business and family issues. Halfpoint - stock.adobe.com See more of our ...

DEAR ABBY: My cousin “Scotty” invited my husband and me to see his new house. He made it clear, several times, that my sister and her husband, “Ian,” are not invited because his wife doesn’t like Ian.

DEAR ABBY: My cousin is refusing to allow me to see my aunt (“Betty”). After a horrible 2020, during which my cousin lost her husband to cancer and the lockdown occurred that kept most people isolated ...

DEAR ABBY: I love my cousin “Carly” like a sister. We come from a large family, and both of us are estranged from our mothers (who are sisters) as well as our siblings. We’re OK with this because we ...

DEAR ABBY: I have always been extremely close to my cousins; we even refer to ourselves as sisters. The problem I’m having is with the boyfriend of one of them. They have been dating for almost 10 ...

Dear Abby: I lost my beautiful mother six years ago. While, of course, I miss her terribly, something else has been bothering me that I’m having trouble getting over. I allowed my cousin on my dad’s ...