Philip Galanes
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What Kind of Person Lies to a Child With Cancer?
A reader is fuming after a friend lied about her efforts to get a wig made for a sick child, and thinks her other friends...
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...
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.
Can I Ask My Mother-in-Law Who My Wife’s Biological Father Is?
Although his wife has long maintained that she doesn’t want to know the identity of her birth father, a reader is tempted to find out...
Should I Be Loyal to My Father or My Dying Uncle?
A reader is torn between attending a final dinner with his uncle, who has terminal cancer, and supporting his father, who wasn’t invited because of...
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...
How Can Our Friends Choose a Realtor Other Than My Husband?
A reader is angered by friends who list their homes with other real estate brokers — sometimes without giving his husband a chance to make...
Why Didn’t My Sister Include Me in Her ‘Family’ Birthday Party
A reader’s feelings are hurt after offering to fly to celebrate her sister’s 70th birthday only to be told not to bother, as “all her...
My In-Laws Gave Gifts to Two Grandchildren, but Not to a Third. Help!
Two years after one of her children received a generous birthday gift, a reader wonders whether to intervene on behalf of her overlooked child.
How Do I Get My Unemployed Brother Out of Our Father’s House?
Four years after being laid off, a man in his 50s is still relying on his father, who just moved into an assisted living facility,...