DEAR MISS MANNERS: We own a home in a fairly nice neighborhood where people take good care of their homes and gardens. Many ...

Dear Unavailable: Go ahead and ask her why. On its face, this behavior is perplexing, presumptuous even. Maybe she ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been helping my neighbor with errands and yard work ever since his wife passed last fall. He’s 82, lives alone and doesn’t have any close family nearby. At first, it felt good to help ...

If it’s legally fine, then ask your wife to reconsider. This costs you nothing, creates zero inconvenience, and helps a ...

“Some lady left this card,” my neighbor told me. “She said if I needed help, I should call. But I don’t need help.” The card identified a city social worker, and kindled in me a familiar twinge of ...

I live in an apartment building that I like, except I think it has one too few elevators. There are two of them, and one of them is out of order not infrequently. I have a dog. There are residents in ...

Dear Eric: My daughter is in a committed relationship with a partner. She insists that she will never get married. They ...

I own a lake house. It’s not a waterfront property, but it’s in a nice area where several families have permanent residence. A local family — husband and wife — lost everything in their home to a ...