I want to tell her how I feel, but I'm scared she'll be shocked.
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In his thinking, it's no big deal to give away a pet.
It feels like I had to work so much harder just to become a teacher.
Plus: What's the right way to deflect questions about my family?
What's the least painful way to tell her I don't want to be her friend?
Now he wants to go on a date. What should I do?
We have one thing in common, our taste in literature and history.
A reader calls the Labor Day dictum appalling, absurd and rubbish.
I told him it was disrespectful; he said he felt compelled to spread the news.
He's very stubborn, and I'm afraid this will sow discord in our family.