Customs, Etiquette and Manners

November 11, 2016

Social Q’s: Mending Fences (Even When You Really Don’t Want To)

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My problem? You and idiots like you, full of straight white male privilege, who never understood the life-or-death stakes of sexism, […]
October 27, 2016

Social Q’s: Do I Fight for Child Visitation, or Pick a Job Transfer?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My wife and I divorced last year. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t “The War of the Roses,” either. The court […]
October 13, 2016

Social Q’s: When to Step In

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES A friend of mine got very drunk and nearly killed himself when he drove his car off the road. When I […]
October 6, 2016

Social Q’s: An Affair to Forget

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My husband’s co-worker is going to be the best man at a wedding. But he has shared with several colleagues his […]
September 23, 2016

Social Q’s: Siblings Who Don’t Play Nice After a Mother’s Death

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES It has been two years since my mother died, and the Jewish holidays are around the corner again. The problem: They […]
September 9, 2016

Social Q’s: My Son Seems Happy at College. But Is He?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My husband and I have one son, who started college last month. We’re both surprised that he has come home every […]
August 11, 2016

Social Q’s: May I Ignore Orders My Mother Says My Dead Nana Is Sending?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES My single mother, 65, is selling the house where I grew up. She told me the buyers asked if they could […]
August 4, 2016

Social Q’s: Is It O.K. to Date a Supervisor Who Isn’t My Direct Boss?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES I went to dinner with a supervisor from work, unsure what his intentions were. After dinner, he was direct: He is […]
July 28, 2016

Social Q’s: How Do You Handle Dining With Big-Spender Pals?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES I dined out with two friends who earn much more than I do. As one perused the wine list, I asked […]
July 22, 2016

Social Q’s: I Left Him. Now I Want Him Back. How Do I Get Him?

Social Q’s By PHILIP GALANES I just finished my junior year of college. For most of it, I hung out with this super nice guy. He […]