My Boyfriend Is Very Wrong About What Makes Someone a Good Parent. I’m Not Sure I Can Marry Him.

My boyfriend and I are talking about having kids, and I’m starting to wonder if our expectations are so different that we ...

It’s the Year of the Butt Crack. There’s Something Kind of Strange Happening With Mine. I’m Not Alone.

For $7,000, I could fix it.

I Thought I Was Making My Wife’s Sex Dream Come True. Then It All Went Wrong.

Start by apologizing to your wife for acting on assumptions, and choose your next steps based on how she responds and what ...

My Parents Asked Me About Their Plan to Leave Their Estate to My Brother. They Hated My Answer.

My parents are very patriarchal. My brother, the eldest, got more attention, resources, money, support, etc. over me, the daughter. My brother went to expensive private schools, landed a lucrative ...

Graham Platner Says Democratic Leaders Threatened to “Rip My Life Apart” Before He Launched His Senate Campaign

In an interview with Death, Sex & Money, Platner opened up about his life story—and what he says were threats ahead of ...

My Niece Is Feeling Left Out During Her First Year of College. The Reason Why Is Breaking My Heart.

I have a niece who is biracial (her father is mixed with Black and white parents, and her mother is white), and she confided ...

Help! My Cheapskate Mother-in-Law Is Imposing Her Disgusting Habit on My Home. I’m Losing It.

My mother-in-law, “Lynn,” is the cheapest person I’ve ever met. Recently, however, she’s developed a disgusting habit that she thinks will save money: She will use a toilet multiple times (thankfully ...

Help! My Girlfriend and I Are Splitting Up. Her “Solution” for Our Dog Is Outrageous.

Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so we’re diving into the Dear Prudence archives to share classic letters with our readers. Submit your own questions to Prudie here. My ...

I Let My Daughter Go to a Sleepover. Then I Found Out What They Did There. How Could I Let This Happen?

It’s also OK to not be quick to let your daughter attend sleepovers until you know the people who live in that friend’s house well—and by that, I mean everyone who lives in the house. Plan play dates ...

I Keep Hearing About One Specific Horrible Part of Being a Parent. There’s No Way This Is Real.

I keep seeing nightmarish stories on Instagram of parents who get three hours of broken sleep a night for five, six, or even 10 years. Then there are so many people commenting on posts like that, ...
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In Wrexham, Wales, raise a glass to Ryan Reynolds. He bought the soccer team, and tourism took off.

WREXHAM, Wales — Not a fan of actor Ryan Reynolds? Keep it to yourself if you visit Wrexham, Wales. Reynolds and fellow thespian Rob McElhenney heard about Wrexham’s down-on-its-luck football (soccer) ...

Radio review: A portrait of the artist and the sound of nature

Sculptor David Nash offers a meditation on time and nature ...