The woman thought she handled the situation kindly, but her decision not to accept the tattoo led to an explosive family ...

My husband and I are currently at odds over his sister coming to stay with us and our 2-year-old daughter when she is in town next month. Why? Because his sister is insisting on bringing her emotional ...

Today marks one month until Christmas Day, and with the excitement and nostalgia for the season building, the anxiety about hosting friends and family can also begin to bubble up. Following expert ...

DEAR ERIC: My brother and sister-in-law visit infrequently, usually only once or twice a year, including a major holiday. After each visit I tell my husband that we will not host them again. In the ...

Dear Hurt and Hoping: It sounds as though your sister-in-law has been steering this ship for years, and now your nephew and ...

My sister-in-law oversteps any and all boundaries and makes everything about her. For example, when my husband had colon cancer, on our way home from the first appointment with the surgeon, she called ...

After losing her beloved cat, a woman turns to her sister-in-law for comfort — only to be handed school pickups, homework and bathroom duty instead Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

Dear Eric: I need advice from an outside perspective on how to handle my future sister-in-law. She’s always taking pictures of family/friends but always seems to exclude me. At church, she wanted a ...

No one calls her out for her deceitful, violent, abusive behavior. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been the The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist since 2015 and teaches ...

A reader worries that a celebration for her pregnant sister-in-law, with whom she once commiserated about fertility woes, may be too much to handle. By Philip Galanes I have struggled to get pregnant ...

Dear Hurt and Hoping: It sounds as though your sister-in-law has been steering this ship for years, and now your nephew and ...