A reader says past attempts to connect with extended family have been one-sided, making the recent wedding invitation feel ...

My cousin’s son “Troy” is being married in eight months. I just received the “save the date,” and I’m trying to decide ...

Inside a brick Tudor in northwest Detroit, a married couple hosted 17 friends and family members for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday and to give thanks — for a not-so-nice year. He got shot; she got ...

My cousin’s son “Troy” is being married in eight months. I just received the “save the date,” and I’m trying to decide ...

My sister-in-law “Nancy” and my wife have a strained relationship, but they love each other and talk often. Every so often, ...

A relative is unsure whether to attend a wedding or send a gift, given the distant relationship with the marrying cousin.

The last communication I had with him was a thank-you note for his high school graduation gift eight years ago.

There is an ineffable thrill in wandering into a bookstore and being surrounded by books waiting to be discovered. There’s ...

After college, I joined an odd little utopia of movie nerds working out of an office on lower Broadway. Then the ...