Dear Annie: I have lost most of my family and many close friends, and I struggle with depression myself. There are days when the silence in my house feels almost too loud. Over time, I have learned ...

DEAR ANNIE: I think my partner is slipping away from me, and I do not know how to reach for her without breaking both our hearts. My wife, “Laura,” is 68. We have been together for 40 years. She has ...

Dear Annie: Now that my husband and I are in our 70s, it feels as if our social world has shrunk to the size of a postage stamp. Friends have moved away to be near their children, others are dealing ...

This time of year, my inbox fills with the same quiet sentence written a hundred different ways: “I’m tired of being the reasonable one.” It comes from the woman hosting Sunday dinner who gets ...

Dear Annie: I am the default holiday host for my extended family. My parents are divorced and both come, my sister arrives late and stressed with her kids, my brother shows up with whatever new ...

Dear Annie: I’m a 64-year-old woman who thought making new friends at my age would be simple: find someone kind, show up, bring snacks, repeat. A few months ago, I met “Jill” at a community class. We ...