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Being a military spouse makes me a solo parent much of the time. The day care teachers have become my village.
Lauren Gumpert is a military spouse who felt guilty considering day care but now says it was the best parenting decision ...
What’s my role with my adult stepsons after my husband’s death?
Stepparent worries about their role with their adult stepsons after husband’s death. Dear Meghan: This is more of a life ...
Miss Manners: Is my husband right that my phone alarm is rude?
GENTLE READER: It depends where the alarm goes off. If it goes off in the car, it will annoy your husband, but is not, ...
My Parents Got Married Six Months After They Met. 40 Years Later, My Wife and I Got Engaged After Six Months Too (Exclusive)
"Before meeting my future wife, I relegated stories like my parents' to romantic comedies, fairytales and bygone eras," ...
Miss Manners: Friend ignores my medical condition, and even insists on activities I can never enjoy
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have developmental prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, and cannot recognize any human faces. I work ...
Miss Manners: My friend does not seem to understand that I have face-blindness
After a particularly grueling session of many, many photos of her son’s high school prom, I even said, “You know I’m ...
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Miss Manners: My friend won’t stop shoving photos in my face; I’m face-blind
She will hold her phone right in front of my face and scroll through dozens of pictures of her son, his friends, her ...
Asking Eric: The latest of my friends to vanish had been acting strange on our walk
The latest was a woman I walk with occasionally. She began screaming at passers-by one morning and walked off. She did send ...
‘We are the most privileged’: My husband and I are tired of paying for our friends. How do we get them to pay their way?
When we vacation with friends and go out, my husband almost always ends up paying for everyone or picks up the entire bill. I ...
Asking Eric: My ‘friend’ constantly complains about their life
In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who feels their friend only uses them to dump bad news ...
Asking Eric: The latest of my friends to vanish had been screaming at people on our walk
The latest was a woman I walk with occasionally. She began screaming at passers-by one morning and walked off. She did send ...
Asking Eric: How can I get out of spending my time with cousin’s constantly complaining wife?
Dear Eric: My cousin and his second wife moved to the small town where I live. She has everything going for her, yet she ...