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December 24, 2020
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Social Q’s: Covid Christmas Edition

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October 8, 2020
Published by PHILIP GALANES at October 8, 2020
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Can You Watch My Son? (And Your Husband’s Rifle?)

I am a single mom with a young son. Because of the pandemic, I had to postpone a necessary (but nonemergency) surgery. My doctor thinks I […]
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September 10, 2020
Published by PHILIP GALANES at September 10, 2020
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How Do I Tell My Friend to Stop Paying for His Son’s Lifestyle?

My friend’s son is a deadbeat. He’s 35, still lives at home, has never kept a job for longer than a year, buys things he can’t […]
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May 28, 2020
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Do I Have Permission to Corona-Shame My Friend?

I saw a post on my friend’s Instagram that infuriated me: a picture of seven boys in a row, their arms slung over each other’s shoulders, […]
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May 14, 2020
Published by PHILIP GALANES at May 14, 2020
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I Left My Husband Before the Pandemic. Can I Go Back to Him Now?

In February, I left my husband after being married for 18 years. We were teen parents who managed to keep it together, and our three amazing […]
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April 23, 2020
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Overheard on Zoom: Co-Workers Talking About My ‘Weird’ Habits

I had two Zoom meetings at the same time at the university where I work. I told my boss I wasn’t sure how long the first […]
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April 16, 2020
Published by PHILIP GALANES at April 16, 2020
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My Friends Should Let Health Care Workers Stay in Their Empty Apartments. Right?

We live in a city that is a Covid-19 hot spot. When the news became alarming, many of our friends fled the city, leaving empty apartments […]
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April 9, 2020
Published by PHILIP GALANES at April 9, 2020
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Should I Bankroll My New, Socially Distant Girlfriend?

I started seeing a woman three months ago. It was all progressing nicely until the virus hit. Now, we’re practicing social distancing and relegated to phone […]
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April 2, 2020
Published by PHILIP GALANES at April 2, 2020
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My City Friends Want to Wait Out the Virus in My Suburban Home

A couple of weeks ago, before Covid-19 exploded in New York, a close friend asked if she and her husband could leave Manhattan and stay with […]
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March 19, 2020
Published by PHILIP GALANES at March 19, 2020
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People Are Dying. But What About My Basketball Tournament?

Thanks to the new coronavirus, my son’s basketball tournament was canceled last week. (He is 12 and plays in a middle school league.) He loves the […]
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