This is the situation that Cleo, 36, is faced with after her mother passed away suddenly, and she has been left as sole ...

DEAR ANNIE: My mother has always been a challenging person -- very critical and negative -- but it has gotten worse since my father passed in 2019. I have an older brother who abused me since ...

Dear Eric: My mother is 90, and I am 63. Years ago, I moved 800 miles away for college. Since then, I have visited my hometown at least once a year. We talk on the phone weekly or biweekly. Related ...

My mom and I lived 1,500 miles apart for 35 years then tried living together again. We didn't realize how different we'd become.

Dear Eric: My 78-year-old mother is a very kind and generous person; however, she goes through life looking through a lens of negativity. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong in her eyes. She ...

DEAR ANNIE: My relationship with my mother has been deeply strained since my grandmother’s death five years ago. My mother and I were her primary caregivers, and I loved my grandmother dearly. After ...

Dear Annie: My mom, stepfather, and younger half-brother live in another state. My father died when I was young, and my mother remarried and had my brother. At 17, I moved out and have been mostly out ...