My mother-in-law is bilingual and speaks English perfectly, but Spanish is her preferred language. She'll often jump into Spanish first when speaking to my husband -- and that meant this was my big ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a gay man. My husband and I have been together almost nine years, married less than one. Seven years ago, my mother-in-law decided I was no longer “allowed” to speak to her or her ...

As a former primary school teacher, my mother-in-law believes good manners and hard work matter more than a fancy learning ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who very much enjoys their soon to be daughter-in-law, but ...

A reader feels left out when she sees photos of her granddaughters hanging out with their mother’s side of the family — including at gatherings at which she was present.

My mother-in-law is 86 and my sister-in-law is 58. My sister-in-law wants to have guardianship of my mother-in-law. They both reside in an apartment my husband and I built in Wisconsin to accommodate ...

A reader also wants to find a way to gracefully extricate herself from the long hugs during which she is showered with praise for her homemaking.

Throughout my engagement, people joked about how I’d lucked out in the mother-in-law department because my husband’s mother ...

I am a happily married woman with one child. I have two siblings with two children each and our parents have been happily married for over 45 years. They are more than comfortable financially and have ...