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A Friend Lied About Her Dying Brother to Cancel Plans With Me. Help!
A reader is struggling to forgive a fabricated excuse that involves a terminal cancer patient’s turn for the worse.
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A Loathsome Colleague Died. Why Is Everyone Pretending She Was So Great?
A reader smells hypocrisy in his co-workers’ proclamations of mourning and wants no part of it. Is he obligated to attend her funeral if his heart isn’t in it?
Everyone Else Is Giving a Standing Ovation. Do I Have To?
Theatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception.
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Our Daughter Is Having an Affair With a Married Man. How Do We Stop It?
A 20-something woman who lives with her parents has incurred their disappointment by continuing an affair with her former boss. Since she won’t end things, should they tell the man’s wife?