A weekend of pickleball, scrambled eggs and tributes to the dead.
Category: Families and Family Life
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The Women Rethinking Marriage and Family Life Because of Miranda July’s ‘All Fours’
The author’s new novel, “All Fours,” has spurred a whisper network of women fantasizing about desire and freedom.
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Is It Disrespectful to My Dead Father to Speak to His Estranged Brother?
A reader’s uncle and aunt were touched when she sent them a Christmas card, but her sister thinks the gesture was a betrayal of their father’s memory.
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6 Beaches for Budding Swimmers, Surfers and Castle Builders
For families with children, we found half a dozen beaches in the United States and Mexico, each tailored to a particular summer activity.
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6 Best Beaches for Kids in the U.S. and Mexico
For families with children, we found half a dozen beaches in the United States and Mexico, each tailored to a particular summer activity.
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Why Doesn’t My Husband Respect My Opinion About Moving?
After 20 years in a house that was never meant to be a “forever home,” a reader thinks it’s time for a move, but her husband refuses to consider her wishes.
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‘Modern Love Podcast’: Liza Colón-Zayas, of ‘The Bear,’ on Loving Someone Who’s in the Fight of Their Life
Why it’s so hard to know what to say when the people we’re closest to need us most.
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Should I Push My Husband to Ask for More of His Mother’s Estate?
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?
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.
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Was It Racist to Take Family Photos at a Wedding Without Me and My Wife?
A reader’s wife sees bigotry in their exclusion from group photos at a nephew’s wedding, but her husband is reluctant to write off his relatives for good.