Distressed by her grandson’s failure to pay for the support of his daughter, a reader wonders whether she should try to engage with him —…

Years after coming to grips with her husband’s infidelity, a reader still feels an urge to make his lover suffer.

A reader who overheard a neighbor shouting cruelties at her young son wonders whether, and how, to intervene.

While dividing up her late mother’s belongings, a woman claimed an extremely valuable artwork for herself, purposely hiding its worth from her fellow heirs.

In the course of offering financial advice, a mother shared a personal story about her marriage with her adult daughter, who later forwarded the entire…

A reader is hurt by her stepson’s efforts to keep her away from his fiancée’s family, including a future in-law who dismissed her as “not…

A reader eager to have a child before she turns 40 doesn’t know what to make of a new love interest’s silence when conversation turns…

After her son-in-law refused her offer to pay someone to accompany her 9-year-old granddaughter from the bus stop, a worried reader wonders what she can…

A reader is visited daily by a cat that seems desperate to get out of the cold. The problem? It already has an owner, albeit…

A reader bristles that the burden of bridging a gap with her partner’s parents seems to have fallen mostly on her.