GENTLE READER: Rarely one to seek out offense where none is intended, even Miss Manners wonders why these strangers feel the need to label your appearance. And the awkward pause afterwards is ...

GENTLE READER: Rarely one to seek out offense where none is intended, even Miss Manners wonders why these strangers feel the ...

Is your partner secretly in love with a colleague? Therapists think that whatever the truth is, a conversation with your ...

Don’t engage an overbearing colleague — that is, be boring — and eventually the attention-seeker may give up and go away.

Dear Abby: My husband’s parents divorced when he was young, and he acquired a beautiful, solitaire diamond from his mother’s ...

Fashion brands must recognize our hard work, pay higher salaries, lower workloads, and offer paid maternity leave. I’m proud ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

The pair used to have lunch together and share intimate stories, but now one is on the management track and has left the ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

Coworkers often drop in with unsolicited life advice and while it may be tolerable sometimes, you’re allowed to draw a ...

Pump And Pause – As done by WiLD in Tampa. Basically it’s Beat The Bomb. Quit while you’re ahead or risk losing it all when ...

Sometimes it was healthy, sometimes it was not (French toast casserole anyone?) but enjoying a treat together was a wonderful ...