Customs, Etiquette and Manners

May I Tell My Teenage Children About My Ex-Husband’s Abusive Father?

A reader worries that if she doesn’t act, the two teenagers she shares with her ex will hear about their grandfather’s predations from cousins.

By Philip Galanes

Why Gen Z Doesn’t Like Opening Bar Tabs

To the chagrin of bartenders, many 20-something bargoers prefer to close out and pay after every single drink, no matter how many they might order during an outing.

By Paula Mejia

Customs, Etiquette and Manners Families and Family Life Infertility

I Am Struggling With Infertility. Can I Skip My Sister-in-Law’s Baby Shower?

A reader worries that a celebration for her pregnant sister-in-law, with whom she once commiserated about fertility woes, may be too much to handle.

By Philip Galanes

Cannes International Film Festival Customs, Etiquette and Manners Dating and Relationships Washington, Denzel

The Etiquette of Touching a Stranger

A tense exchange between the actor Denzel Washington and a photographer at Cannes is raising questions about laying hands on someone you don’t know.

By Catherine Pearson