Oftentimes when people write into Dear Abby it’s with the secret (or not so secret) hope that Abby will justify their longheld beliefs.
Whether someone is writing to rag on their messy ex, or laying out complex family dynamics, it’s only human to hope that she will confirm that you are the one in the right, and everyone else is crazy.
However, this is definitely not how it always goes down, and for those of us reading and not writing, the letters that get called out often prove the most entertaining.
Reddit user generic_bitch posted a delicious example of Abby shuttting down a letter writer, and you may want to save it and frame it for a rainy day.
