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Years after traveling cross-country for her sister’s “fake wedding,” a reader feels slighted as both a guest and a taxpayer — and in no mood...

Now that her children’s grandparents have a second home just a few minutes away, a reader finds herself struggling to keep up with (or politely...

On the hook for the lion’s share of care for her homebound mother, a reader wonders how to get her out-of-state siblings to pick up...

Parents who installed a camera in the eye of their daughter’s stuffed bear ask how — and whether — to come clean about their surveillance...

A mother feels an urge to send her sympathies to the family of her son’s classmate who recently died, but she worries it could be...

A reader feels conflicted about attending celebrations as a friend of the family when the woman who was her original connection won’t be there. Should...

A reader feels frustrated by her husband’s daily expectations of sex, which she worries may be a sign of something more troubling.

A couple is eager to be closer with their new friends, but they worry that insisting that guests arrange for child care will start the...

A new wife is eager to join in the fun after her husband and brother-in-law wrap up their weekly jam sessions, but she’s reluctant to...

Unsatisfied with her middle-aged son’s meager displays of gratitude, a reader wonders whether to stop footing his bill for a yearly camping retreat.