Ex-etiquette: Red flags on sleeping-arrangement dispute
Q. My grandson is 10 years old. His father, who lives with me, and his mother split his time equally. He goes back and forth every three or four days....
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Ex-etiquette: Widow, children clash over her new love
Q. My second husband was very ill the three years before he passed. I took care of him in our home the entire time. Being in my late 60s, I...
Ex-etiquette: Red flags from new partner
Q. I was married for 15 years. We divorced 10 years ago and successfully co-parented our two children. This included occasionally spending holidays together. I am now in a new...
Ex-etiquette: Partners with children come as a package deal
Q. I've been with my husband for four years, but married for only one. We've combined our families — but there's a problem. I have two daughters and he has...
Ex-etiquette: Time for parents to put differences aside, work together
Q. My ex and I are always at odds when it comes to time with our child. She constantly plans things on my time and it makes it difficult to...
Ex-etiquette: Dealing with mutual friends after divorce
Q. I had a terrible divorce that eventually became amicable, thank goodness, but I moved away as a result and have not been back to the small town I lived...
Ex-etiquette: Setting boundaries with an ex
Q. My wife is still very dependent on her ex. He is very handy and I am not. When something needs to be fixed around the house, she calls him...
Ex-etiquette: A Valentine from beyond the grave
Q. This sounds like a movie script, but my wife of three years has received a Valentine from her deceased husband every year since we have been married. I guess...
Ex-etiquette: Sharing holidays with the ‘ex’ feels unnatural
Q: So each year when Halloween rolls around your column talks about trick-or treating with your partner's ex and the kids and I always think, "How stupid. Who would really...
Ex-etiquette: Can there be a ‘just us’ holiday time?
Q: I've been reading your column for some time. It seems you have been there and always point out things I don't see, so I thought I would ask about...