Many parents will be familiar with this situation: your child has a good or even best friend, but you don’t like them. Perhaps the friend is bossy, has poor manners or jumps on your furniture. Maybe ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been best friends with “Dani” since college. We’re both 34 now, and our lives have gone in different directions -- she’s single and travels often, while I’m married with a toddler. We ...