Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

"I told her I most certainly am the man of my house, just as my wife is the woman of the house, and she (my SIL) was out of ...

On the way to making a point, I mentioned in passing my status as “the man of the house.” My visiting sister-in-law ...