Not taking the kids to visit their grandparents until they get a gun safe is the right call, but it doesn't make it any less painful for the letter writer.

My husband, “Grant,” and I have two boys, “Trevor,” 10, and “Ray,” 12. Recently, we let our boys stay with my in-laws for a week while we enjoyed some much-needed R&R. I had one rule for the visit.

I dropped out of college to become a stay-at-home mother after marrying my husband at 22, never imagining that when conflicts arose, both he and my parents-in-law would turn against me. I am now 32 ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are celebrating our second anniversary. For the most part, we’re very happy. He’s the best friend I’ve ever had. The problem is his family. They’re wonderful people who ...

My mother-in-law “Joan” has a terrible habit of being incredibly rude to people who wait on her, whether it’s clerks at the grocery store or waitstaff at restaurants. She is very curt with them, ...

Hi, Carolyn: My mother-in-law — who was a wonderful woman — has declining mental acuity after a stroke and is sometimes rudely direct to me, my wife and her husband, in ways that are extreme ...