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

For millions of married couples in the United States, Social Security spousal benefits are a crucial source of retirement ...

DEAR ABBY: My spouse and I are retired and on Social Security. We’ve both worked hard all our lives and are content living a modest retirement. Our house is paid for, and we have little debt. However, ...

We’ve both worked hard all our lives and are content living a modest retirement. Our house is paid for, and we have little ...

We also worry that our Social Security and Medicare benefits will be stripped away. We rely on them to live. We both paid ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single, never married man. I was having trouble finding a nice woman to date, so I bought a T-shirt from a ...

When retirement planning with a spouse, you may be banking on the fact that both of you will collect your Social Security payments, thus increasing the amount of benefits you’ll collectively get. What ...

My spouse and I are retired and on Social Security. We've both worked hard all our lives and are content living a modest ...