The Ask Amy daily column combines storytelling with advice that is rooted with honesty and trust.

Dec 3, 2022 · The Ask Amy daily column combines storytelling with advice that is rooted with honesty and trust.

Aug 3, 2020 · Dear Amy: Like “Isolated,” I have a medical condition that makes it necessary to isolate during the pandemic. My remote friends and I have discovered online bar trivia, which we play via Zoom. I can't tell you how much I look forward to this weekly two-hour activity.

Sep 1, 2022 · Dear Amy: I was extremely dissatisfied with your answer to “Worried Mom,” who was having trouble managing her adult children, including a son “with significant mental health issues.” Why didn’t you offer her any advice or resources for coping with that?

Aug 31, 2022 · Dear Amy: My sister "Helen" moved to my state several years ago when her life was in freefall. She is an alcoholic. Helen has been in and out of rehab four times since then, and her children and others have revealed that her drinking has been an issue for about 17 years – the last 10 of which Helen has been working as a nanny – and drinking ...

Jul 4, 2022 · Dear Amy: I was married for 46 years to a man who probably shouldn’t have been married at all. He was not affectionate, even during sex, cheated on me at least once, and when I asked why he married me, he said, “Because it was the thing to do.”

Jun 11, 2022 · Dear Amy: My long-term friend decided to ghost me a few months after his wife went in for a "routine heart procedure" and tragically never woke up. He was devastated – as was everyone that knew her.

Jun 12, 2024 · Dear Amy: This is a strange slow-motion disease for which you have to keep a healthy balance between keeping hope that there may be a medical solution, and embracing reality. My experience with my sister illustrates what you often discuss in your column: that we shouldn’t rely on our assumptions.

Jul 12, 2023 · Ask Amy / June 30, 2024 Dear Readers: Since announcing my departure from writing this syndicated column, I have heard from scores of people across various platforms, thanking me for more than two decades of offering advice and wishing me well in ...

Oct 12, 2022 · Dear Amy: My son has a friend, “Brett,” whose mother died some time ago. Brett and his wife had to move off of his mother’s property. Brett asked me if they could temporarily park their motor home in my driveway.