Customs, Etiquette and Manners – Page 21

For Gen Z, an Age-Old Question: Who Pays for Dates?

Young people tend to lean more liberal on a range of issues pertaining to relationship norms. But when it comes to dating, the idea that men should pay still prevails in heterosexual courtship.

By Santul Nerkar

Customs, Etiquette and Manners Families and Family Life

Why Did My Birth Son Invite Me to a Wedding and Then Seat Me in Siberia?

Reunited with her son after half a century, a reader feels slighted by her seat at a family wedding, where her son’s wife had already made her feel less than welcome.

By Philip Galanes

Customs, Etiquette and Manners

My Brother-in-Law Gets Free Child Care From His Parents. Why Don’t We?

Frustrated that she and her partner live too far away from his parents to reap the benefits of free grandparental supervision, a reader wonders how to broach her feelings of being cheated.

By Philip Galanes

Customs, Etiquette and Manners

How Could My Brother-in-Law’s Twin Abandon Him During Cancer Treatment?

After offering his brother lodging for his course of radiation therapy, the man informed him — with one day’s notice — that the invitation was contingent on an apology for a long-forgotten letter.

By Philip Galanes