Dear Amy: I would like to get your take on a recent incident at a dinner party. The hosts of the party had out-of-town guests who brought their dog with them. The dog proceeded to hump everyone at the party.
Continue reading →Dear Amy: I have never said anything to the parents about this aspect of their childrearing, but recently I witnessed two cases where I felt their approach is much too lax.
Continue reading →Dear Amy: Two years ago, my father-in-law called to inform his son (my husband) that he was being disinherited because, in my father-in-law’s words, “We don’t need his inheritance.”
Continue reading →Dear Amy: Can I just ghost her? (I haven’t spent any time with her for about a year.) Do I owe her some kind of explanation, and if so, what should it be?
Continue reading →Dear Amy: He tells me, “Don’t give us gifts, save up for the trip.” But it’s not just the cost; I don’t like staying by myself at an Airbnb.
Continue reading →Dear Amy: When it comes to sitting with the little ones, however, he is over the top. He babysits several days during the week, as well as staying overnight when his kids take a trip.
Continue reading →Dear Amy: My book club has brunch before each meeting, with each hostess providing all the food. I am gluten intolerant and wonder what is the best way to ask if the host is serving anything I can eat.
Continue reading →Ask Amy: Both my birth parents and adoptive parents have all died.
Continue reading →Dear Amy: When it all came out, Derry was overheard saying that she didn’t care about breaking “girl code” and didn’t feel guilty about hurting anyone.
Continue reading →Dear Amy: My stepchildren have not expressed their condolences in any way, and both skipped the funeral. I then saw them two days later and they did not address it at all.
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