Author: Philip Galanes

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

A reader wonders whether to attend a religious event from which her wife and son have been deliberately excluded.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

A reader is worried that her partner hasn’t fully let go of his past.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

A reader wants to keep a friendly distance from the people next door after seeing what one of them has been posting on Facebook.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

A reader feels slighted after years of lavishing her sister-in-law’s children with quality presents.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

A reader, citing “cultural differences,” seeks permission to leave one woman for another.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

After hosting her friends for a destination event, a recently married reader wonders who should be thanking whom.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

A reader is offended by the gardener next door, whose impulse to use her green thumb has led her to trim other people’s hedges without asking.

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:

A reader is turned off by a local shop’s new gratuity-seeking efforts.