Dear Abby: I do it all while my wife doesn’t even have a driver’s license and its driving me to drink

Nypost · Aug 03, 2026 · 575 words · By Dear Abby

Family Boundaries Marital conflict Grief and Social Expectations

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What to know about Family Boundaries

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my wife for 17 years.

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What happened

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my wife for 17 years.

Why it matters

She doesn’t work, doesn’t have a driver’s license, doesn’t clean and rarely cooks.

Common ground

I often find myself so frustrated at her lack of commitment to the family that I drink and go to bed after I cook dinner.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips”

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The claim is directly confirmed by Wikipedia, which states that Jeanne Phillips now owns the legal rights to the pen name Abigail Van Buren and currently writes the column. It is also corroborated by multiple Nypost references.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom Dream O…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendie_Malick

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on till July 2026 by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pauline Esther Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the well-known Dear Abby newsp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips

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Claim 2: “Contact Dear Abby at http://www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069”

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The contact information is provided by multiple entries from the same source (Nypost). The Wikipedia result provided is completely irrelevant (referring to the film 'Chicken Little'), meaning there is no independent second source to corroborate the specific P.O. Box or URL.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gidget Goes Hawaiian is a 1961 American romantic comedy musical film starring James Darren, Michael Callan and Deborah Walley. Released by Columbia Pictures, the film is a sequel to the 1959 Sandra De…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Connie Britton (born Constance Elaine Womack; March 6, 1967) is an American actress. Her accolades include nominations for five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. She gained prominence…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chicken Little is a 2005 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It is loosely inspired by the European folk tale "Henny Penny", known in the United St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Little_(2005_film)

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Claim 3: “Dear Abby... was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that the Dear Abby column was founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips. This is further corroborated by multiple Nypost references.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeanne Phillips ( JEE-nee; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who wrote for the advice column Dear Abby from the 1980s to July 2026. She was born in Minneapol…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Phillips

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