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My Two Best Friends Started Dating Each Other. I’m Livid!

Feeling slighted after a former flame paired up with an old friend she met through him, a middle-aged reader cut off contact with both. So...

Sharing a Bedroom With My Partner and Her Siblings for the Holidays: Odd or Not?

A reader is less than comfortable sleeping feet away from her partner’s adult siblings (and their partners), but is it worth it to keep the...

A Woman on Our Girls’ Trip Has Grown Snarky. Can We Stop Inviting Her?

Her bitter comments and antisocial behavior may spring from discomfort around her high-achieving friends, but that doesn’t make her any easier to deal with.

A Friend Saw My Daughter-in-Law Flirting With Another Man. What Should I Do?

A mother-in-law is unsure whether to say something to her son (or his wife) after hearing through the grapevine about an upsetting scene at a...

How Can I Show My Boyfriend My Parents’ Filthy Home?

A reader dreads the thought of her partner seeing her squalid childhood home, but being honest with her parents about her embarrassment is a nonstarter.

I Ran Into My Horrible Ex in My Therapist’s Waiting Room. Help!

A reader seeks advice on how to contend with the possibility of a future encounter with her ex after an explosive and painful breakup.

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.

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...

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,...

Our Fun Friend Bails on Dinner Dates but Still Sends Her Dull Husband. Help!

Tired of being saddled with “dud” husbands when their more exciting wives bow out of plans, a reader wonders if there’s a way to delicately...