She feels she should receive a personal invitation as well and that asking her to accompany me isn’t sufficient.

DEAR ANNIE: I am the sole caregiver of my partner of 30 years who started suffering from dementia five years ago. I am at a point where I do nothing all day if I can avoid it. I read compulsively. I ...

Dear Annie: I suffer from severe anxiety over everything. I am and have been on medication for some time and I do see a therapist, but nothing seems to help. I have my share of issues, but my mind ...

Dear Annie: My sister-in-law has turned every family gathering into a courtroom, and somehow I am always the defendant.

Dear Annie: I am 76 years old, have taught school for over 40 years and have given thousands of lessons in the classroom. I have officiated for more than 50 years, preached for over 20 years and given ...

Note: This column was originally published in 2021. Dear Annie: I am a single mother of two teenage girls. After a series of abusive relationships, I hadn’t dated for two years until recently. A few ...

I work at a school as a teacher and have struggled over the years with how cliquey the other teachers have been. Shortly after I started there, the pandemic happened, and many people friended each ...

Dear Annie: I am 60 years old and the mother of five grown children. I raised them mostly on my own after my divorce, and those years were not easy. There were slammed doors, late nights waiting up ...

Dear Annie: I find myself questioning everything. I grew up in a very dysfunctional home. I have known this since I was 13, living on the streets and trying to figure out life. As an adult, my goal ...

"At our last family dinner, she arrived late, brought nothing, criticized the meal and then posted a photo online calling it ...

(Annie Lane is off this week. The following column was originally published in 2022.) Dear Annie: I had a seven-year relationship with a man who I thought was the love of my life. I had been married ...