Dear Abby: My husband acts like our failing marriage is all my fault but I still love him
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What to know about Dear Abby: My husband acts like our failing marriage is all my fault but I still love him
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been living with my mom for a little over a year.
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What happened
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been living with my mom for a little over a year.
Why it matters
Mom has guardianship of her because of our past.
Common ground
A month ago, my husband decided he was leaving.
Perspective signals
No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.
Follow-up questions
- What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Dear Abby: My husband acts like our failing marriage is all my fault but I still love him?
- What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips?
- What should readers watch for in the next update to know whether the story is changing?
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Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/08/07/lifestyle/dear-abby-my-husband-acts-like-our-faili…
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.
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Claim 1: “Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that the column was founded by Pauline Phillips under the pen name 'Abigail Van Buren' and is currently carried on by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips.
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips
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— Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on 'til July 2026 by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_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 reported multiple times, but all instances originate from the same source (Nypost). The provided Wikipedia result is irrelevant (about a movie), and no other independent sources confirm the specific P.O. Box or URL.
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— Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. She made her film debut in Encino Man (1992) and rose to prominence with leading roles in the cult films Empire Records (1995) and The Craft (…
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— Amy Adams is an American actress who made her film debut in the 1999 black comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous. She went on to guest star in a variety of television shows, including That '70s Show, Charmed, Buf…
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— 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…
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Claim 3: “Dear Abby... was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips”
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Wikipedia confirms that the Dear Abby column was founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips.
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— Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on 'til July 2026 by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Phillips
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