Miss Manners: Why ask permission to recline my own airplane seat?
Letter writer doesn’t understand asking people behind you if you can recline your airplane seat.
By Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin and Jacobina MartinCarolyn Hax: Spouse feels left out of mother-in-law’s dying wishes
Dying mother-in-law is allowing only certain visitors, and this letter writer fears it will strain their blended family.
By Carolyn HaxAsking Eric: Mother repeatedly says she loves grandchild more than her kids
Siblings hurt by their mom constantly saying she loves her new grandkid more than her kids.
By R. Eric ThomasBidens’ final Christmas stays traditional — except for that weird tree
This year’s White House decorations include a heavy dose of ‘Peace and Light’
By Rachel KurziusMichael Rafidi’s swanky new spot, La’ Shukran, is a French-Levantine dream
Sink into a velvet booth. Grab a sesame baguette. You might never want to leave.
By Sonia RaoMan ran 700 miles to make ‘insanely impressive’ art on GPS fitness app
It took Duncan McCabe 10 months to make a 27-second digital art video.
By Sydney PageThe 14 best cookbooks of 2024
These titles span cuisines, subjects and styles, but all would be an asset to your cookbook shelf.
By Paula ForbesMiss Manners: Don’t treat our holiday party invite like a burden
Some guests respond to this letter writer’s holiday party invite like it would be a burden to attend.
By Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin and Jacobina MartinAsking Eric: I don’t want to be friends with an ex anymore
Can the letter writer end a friendship with an ex who has no other friends?
By R. Eric ThomasCarolyn Hax: Take money from husband’s rich family to join huge, luxury reunion?
A letter writer balks at accepting money to attend husband’s large family reunion, but he sees it as a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
By Carolyn HaxMy wife wants more affection than I can give. Hax readers give advice.
He feels like he’s “failing as a husband” because he can’t be as affectionate as his wife wants him to be.
By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiTriple tomato soup packs the most tomato flavor into a simple dish
Whole canned tomatoes, tomato paste and sun-dried tomatoes give this soup triple the tomatoes, triple the fun.
By Becky KrystalSolution to Evan Birnholz’s Dec. 1 crossword, ‘Division of Labor’
Splitting up the work.
By Evan BirnholzAsking Eric: I can’t enjoy my deck because of my neighbors’ pot smoking
How will their pot-smoking neighbors react if they complain about the smell?
By R. Eric ThomasCarolyn Hax: She wants to encourage son’s girlfriend to continue her pregnancy
She just learned her son’s girlfriend is pregnant, and this would-be-grandma wants to encourage her to have the baby.
By Carolyn HaxAsking Eric: I found my husband ‘streaming cheating’ on me
Husband finished a season of a show alone he was originally watching with his spouse.
By R. Eric ThomasCarolyn Hax: Elderly neighbor shows up in distress on their doorstep
After strange doings next door, an elderly neighbor vanishes — then reappears angry and confused on their doorstep.
By Carolyn HaxMiss Manners: Friend didn’t offer to pay for dinner when we were visiting
Friend said no to hosting the couple and then didn’t offer to pay for dinner during their visit.
By Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin and Jacobina MartinCostco organic eggs sold under Kirkland label recalled for salmonella risk
Handsome Brook Farms, which supplies the warehouse chain, has recalled organic, pasture-raised eggs sold in five states in the South.
By Emily HeilSo long, Sad Beige Christmas. Tacky Christmas is coming to town.
The latest holiday aesthetic? Throwing absolutely everything you’ve got on the tree.
By Rachel Kurzius