A reader asks which details of her marriage — if any — she is obligated to share with her visiting mother-in-law.

A reader ponders her next move after being left out of vacation plans with four other women.

After ending a yearslong extramarital affair, a reader worries about a coming dinner party that will be attended by both the former lover and the…

After getting an initial thumbs up that may have been in jest, a reader wonders how to make a sensitive request that is more likely…

A reader is unsure how to respond to a child’s wish to go by a different name after learning that the child’s mother decided not…

After her sister-in-law spent the money from the sale of her parents’ house on upgrades to her own, a reader bristles at being made to…

When an ex returns from out of the blue with the same drinking problem but a new desire to be in his daughter’s life, a…

Mindful of costs, a reader wonders whether she and her husband are obligated to extend the same hospitality to their daughter’s best friend as to…

A reader asks whether she has to apologize after recounting a joke that used racist language in front of her son’s friend, who later said…

A reader’s adult stepchildren want nothing to do with her or their father after learning that the couple plan to leave their estates to each…