Among other things, I have a catheter and use a wheelchair. She often says she wants to “take me out on the town” to “get ...

GENTLE READER: You may be right that your relative’s comment is a subtle complaint at the suspension of gifts, but if so, it ...

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

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

Together, these findings suggest that the brain is doing more than reacting to rejection or reward – it’s in fact learning from it. Each social interaction helps people update internal models of who ...

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

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 ...

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

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...