Now I’m torn. Should I go back to my ex and try to work things out, especially to stay near my son? My ex says he’s willing ...

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

She said I should know she had already “paid the favor (owed to me) forward” by helping out one of her other friends.