Q: My ex and I were together a long time. We blended our families, but after 12 years of clean and sober living, she started ...
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Good Ex-Etiquette begins with one hard truth: If someone wanted to come back, it would not take a holiday to make it happen.
Miss Manners says, "There are ... a number of ways to voice your displeasure to a wider audience online, but that will ...
As India marks Republic Day, a court’s attack on journalistic satire raises alarms over free speech, judicial temperament, and constitutional accountability. Read why it matters.
Recently, a situationship I was in came to an end because I had the gall to suggest I sleep over at his house. “I don’t think ...
Recent events in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala - where Governors declined to read in full the address prepared by the ...
The steak you ordered rare came well done. Or, conversely, the steak you ordered medium is bleeding all over the plate. Do you send it back, or suck it up? You didn’t notice on the menu that the ...
You had a salad. She had a steak, three cocktails and zero shame about splitting the bill evenly. Here's how and when to ...
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Five brief words triggered this column. “Before it was a ‘thing’,” wrote my friend Delna Sanghvi, under a charming mid-1980s ...
When we were young, my mother would tolerate only two days of freedom post-Christmas — i.e. Christmas Day and Boxing Day — ...