Dear Abby: I am someone who calls friends, but they never call back. When I call, they are happy to hear from me, the conversations are lively and fun, and the friends say they love it when I call. I ...

She’s been on “my list” to call for weeks now — probably months. Janine is one of my true-blue friends, a work colleague from the trenches. She can bring me to belly laughs. We both fought our way up ...