For years, I had intense hair anxiety, jealous of people who could wear their hair in a high pony or rock a slick-backed bun. I left my hair (and my head) down, worried that exposing my forehead would ...

I’m trying to decide whether to take Social Security early. My full retirement age (FRA) is 67. I know that my benefit is substantially and permanently reduced if I start collecting it at 62. My ...

The “deemed filing rule,” which says that when you are filing for one Social Security benefit, you are automatically filing for any and all other benefits you are due, doesn't apply to widows and ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

I hope there is nothing in the air that is causing old goats like me to keel over. For some reason, I’ve been getting a lot of questions from widows lately. Here are some of them. Q: I am 90 years old ...

I’m a widow in my early 40s with three children. My youngest is a special-needs child still in school, my second is finishing high school and my oldest is in nursing school. I work full-time and I’m ...

Dear Amy: My dad died many years ago and his estate was handled solely by his widow. It was a very difficult and tumultuous time for us, his children, as we watched her dismantle his entire life. We ...