Dear Readers: The following Q&A first ran in 2014. It has been flying around the world, shared on various platforms, ever since. Dear Amy: Every fall, my sister, cousins and a cousin’s sister-in-law ...

Dear Amy: My parents were absentee grandparents, despite my longing for more. For many years and on several occasions, I tearfully asked my mother why they ultimately favored my sibling’s children ...

Dear Amy: I’m having a hard time letting go of being snubbed by a close friend of many years. My friendship with “Shelley” included our spouses and children. We’ve celebrated, laughed, shared meals, ...

Dear Readers: With wedding season upon us, I’m rerunning a favorite column from 2021 devoted to wedding mishaps — all sent in by readers. Perhaps reading about some of the things that can go wrong at ...

Dear Readers: To mark my final week writing this column, I’m rerunning some memorable Q&As. Dear Amy: We are planning a costume party at my workplace. We all decided to dress up as people from an ...

Dear Readers: In advance of my departure from this column, I’m spending the next couple of weeks rerunning some favorites. I don’t really have any way of “fool-proofing” the queries sent in to me, and ...

Dear Readers: To mark my final week writing this column, I’ve fired up the wayback machine and am rerunning some memorable Q&As culled from the last 21 years of “Ask Amy.” Dear Amy: Yesterday, my ...

On May 24, 2024, Chicago Tribune syndicated advice columnist Amy Dickinson shocked readers (and myself) by announcing her retirement and her plan to cease her syndicated “Ask Amy” advice column. “Dear ...

Dear Readers: Today I hope you will enjoy a rerun of two of the most infuriating questions I have ever published (slightly edited for space). Dear Amy: My fiance and I are planning our wedding. As the ...

Dear Amy: My parents were absentee grandparents, despite my longing for more. For many years and on several occasions, I tearfully asked my mother why they ultimately favored my sibling’s children ...

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 ...

Freeville, N.Y. — Amy Dickinson was driving through her hometown in Central New York last fall when she saw a for sale sign hanging on an empty, one-story building in tiny Freeville. The building at ...