Earlier this year, my husband and I bought a house with an in-law suite upstairs so that my in-laws could move in with us. My husband is an only child, and with him living in Chicago and his parents ...

They say marriage brings two families together. But sometimes, it brings an unexpected gift. While mothers-in-law often get a ...

Dear Annie: You recently said you rarely get letters praising mothers-in-law. Well, here is one! I grew up in an abusive family with a mother who has severe borderline personality disorder and refuses ...

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In my study of more than 700 long-married older people, I often heard people say, “You don’t just marry a person; you marry his or her family.” Indeed, many of the elders I spoke with regarded this ...

“George is the father I never had,” my mother said to me from her nursing home bed. Her actual father, a Russian immigrant house painter, died in an accident when Mom was only three years old. The ...

Dear Annie: I’m retired, which is fine, but not having to go to a job only leaves me with more time to live with my problem. It’s one that I’ve had for a very long time. My wife’s sister came to live ...