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I’m Estranged From My Best Friend but Still Invited to Her Family Holidays. Help!
A reader feels conflicted about attending celebrations as a friend of the family when the woman who was her original…
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News
My Landlord Disappeared With the Security Deposit. How Do I Get It Back?
State law requires landlords to return security deposits within 14 days.
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Finance
When Your Age, and Everyone Else’s, Is Showing
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to [email protected]. Include your name and location, or a request…
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Finance
TransUnion Failed to Quickly Place or Remove Freezes on Credit Reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accused the credit bureau, one of three major credit reporting agencies, of “lying to consumers.”
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My Son Poses a Threat to My Safety. Should I Evict Him?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether parental responsibility should outweigh a person’s well-being.
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Judge John Hodgman on the Tangled Yarn
Erin writes: I started crocheting during lockdown. Recently, I made the mistake of washing seven skeins of yarn at once,…
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Stop Micromanaging Halloween — Let Your Kids Be Free
I started hearing about the Switch Witch a few years ago. If you’re not in the know, she’s the Halloween…
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Why Do Women Still Wear Stilettos?
A reader wonders why the uncomfortable and often impractical shoes have not been retired.
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Arts
Helen Garner Keeps ‘Paradise Lost’ and a Bible Close at Hand
What books are on your night stand? “Urn Burial,” by Sir Thomas Browne, “Paradise Lost,” by John Milton, the King…
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My Wife Once Agreed To an Open Relationship. Can I Hold Her to It?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the pressures of romantic promises and the shifting terms of a marriage.