For instance, you write that your parents have become borderline abusive when you’ve pushed back on plans before. You write ...

If you’re struggling to accept what happened and fear that talking about it more will cause conflict, then you might choose to believe this more generous explanation and assume the best. At the end of ...

A parent is feeling left out after not being invited to their daughter’s 40th birthday party, but being asked to babysit the grandchildren instead.

My husband and I took her and her husband, Mack, and two children out for dinner on her birthday ... or “invite kids and adults,” et cetera). I would understand if the party that Mack ...

I was very hurt by this but kept my mouth shut because every time I have spoken up about being left out or about my daughter’s attitude toward me, it turns into a fight.

Dear Eric: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary ...

She clearly states that she is judgmental and feels disappointed by her old friends who stayed behind in their hometown after ...

It’s time to celebrate the Swiftie in your life, and there’s only one way to do it – by throwing a Taylor Swift birthday party rivaled only by the Eras Tour itself. It’s time to make the friendship ...

A faithful cemetery caretaker seeks help from siblings, while a middle child faces emotional conflict as her birthday is ...

A few weeks before this, Mack asked my husband if we would babysit on a day after the birthday ... “invite your work friends” or “invite kids and adults,” et cetera). I would understand if ...

I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month ...