Dear Abby

Dear Abby
a regular newspaper column, appearing in several US newspapers, which answers readers’ questions about love and family problems. It began in 1956 and is written by Abigail Van Buren (real name Jeanne Phillips) and was started by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

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