The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
New arrivals at an apartment complex wonder if they can socialize in good conscience with a friendly couple whose political beliefs remain a mystery.
Author: Philip Galanes
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I Feel Bad for My Mother, but I’m Sick of Her Complaining. Help!
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A reader has come to dread phone calls from her mother, whose deep unhappiness she attributes to life with her “textbook narcissist” stepfather.
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I Think My Granddaughter Stole From Me. Help!
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A reader was alarmed to find precious jewelry missing from her home after leaving her 22-year-old granddaughter to house-sit for the night.
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My Neighbor With Dementia Is a Big Nuisance. Help!
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A reader wonders what he should do about his neighbor’s bothersome behavior, including loud singing and guitar playing mornings and evenings.
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My Friend Behaved Like a Lecher at Our Wedding. Should We Tell His Wife?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A high school friend whose wife skipped the wedding to stay home with the couple’s children showed up drunk to the reception and hit on guests.
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My Son Wants to Pay for His Sister to Freeze Her Eggs. Too Weird?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A mother wonders whether such an offer from her well-off son would be overstepping, and if not, whether she should be the one to float the idea.
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Our Only Friends Went Away for the Weekend Without Us. We’re Hurt!
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Adjusting to life in a new city, a couple was stung to learn that the only people they know in town, the husband’s childhood friends, didn’t invite them on a recent getaway.
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Should I Push My Husband to Ask for More of His Mother’s Estate?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
When a woman tries to remedy a relative’s unequal generosity to her children using her own estate, her daughter-in-law wonders whether her husband is being shortchanged.
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Why Does My Husband Exclude Me From Dinners With His Siblings?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A reader has been feeling left out by her husband’s siblings-only dinners — and never more so than when her brother-in-law crashed a recent get-together.