Jean Toynbee, who has died aged 105, was a GP in Oxford and rural North Yorkshire, the wife of the artist Lawrence Toynbee, a ...

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Our friends graciously offered us use of their rustic lakeside cabin, as they no longer can travel there themselves. We had a disappointing time and cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, ...

We cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, primitive accommodations and insufficient space and privately vowed to never return.

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Our daughter-in-law overheard a discussion I had with my husband about her tantrums. Now she and our son have cut us off and won’t even let us see our grandson.

I hold formal dinner parties with limited place settings. But there are friends who never respond to my invitations and show up anyway. What’s the best way to accommodate them?

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Her son is often on the receiving end of her anger. When he’s alone staying with us, he is calm, happy, helpful, an all-around good kid. She shows up, and within five minutes, he is so different, ...

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