Family secrets can create unexpected conflicts. This woman’s cousin had a baby, and she wanted to keep it a secret from their relatives. But another aunt mentioned seeing the baby in public, so she ...

I am an amateur baker, but a very good one. At 17, I tried to start up a business. My first real client was my aunt. Her daughter had a baby shower coming up, and my aunt wanted it to be fabulous. She ...

A bride is still second-guessing how she handled a relative breaking her wedding's dress code. In a post on Reddit's "Am I the A-----?" forum, a bride claims that her dress code caused an issue ...

A simple heart-to-heart might be the filter-free fix this situation needs.

I’ve argued that most of these decisions are up to the bride. But because I’m only 44, a member of an unfortunately “ignorant ...

I lived in fear of my cousin Tarlie’s death for more than seven years. When the text arrived from my aunt, Tarlie’s mom, my husband and I had put our children to bed and were sitting outside on our ...

Dear Eric: I allowed the daughter of a cousin, with whom I am not close, to move in with me while she finishes college. When ...

When she moved in last January it was supposed to be for a semester, but this is the longest semester I have ever seen.

Dear Abby: I’m an older gay male with many gay friends, but I have never come out to family, although I’m confident most of them know or suspect my sexual orientation. I invited my cousin and her ...

DEAR ANNIE: My cousin is getting married in November on the same day as my toddler’s birthday. I am torn on how to do both. I really want my daughter to feel special for her fourth birthday, but I ...