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Dear Abby: My husband’s sister is dictating family decisions—and I’m sick of it

Nypost · · 542 words · By Dear Abby
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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that the column is carried on today by Jeanne Phillips, who owns the legal rights to the pen name Abigail Van Buren.
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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 — 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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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 today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Abby
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“Dear Abby... was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips”
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Wikipedia confirms that Dear Abby was founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips.
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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 today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights t…
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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeanne Phillips ( JEE-nee; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column Dear Abby since 2000. She was born in Minneapolis to Paul…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Phillips
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“Contact Dear Abby at http://www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069”
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While there are multiple mentions of the contact information, they all originate from the same source (Nypost). No independent second source or authoritative reference was provided to corroborate the specific P.O. Box or URL.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/lifestyle/dear-abby-my-son-ref…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Contact Dear Abby at http://www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/lifestyle/dear-abby-how-do-i-m…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
https://nypost.com/2026/05/10/lifestyle/dear-abby-my-sons-cl…
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