Social mediaEditors' Dilemma
She read my message, never replied, but she’s posting stories
I sent a long message to a friend suggesting a weekend away together, with two or three ideas and some links. The app shows she read it…
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“I liked it better before” under her photo: she unfriended me
A friend posted a photo with her new hair color: a very bright red, after years of brown. She looked thrilled. I commented, thinking I was…
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Social mediaEditors' Dilemma
My mom comments on all my posts, and I finally told her to stop
I’m thirty-four, and my mom comments on every single one of my posts. Every one. A photo of my coffee: “Remember to eat something besides…
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Social mediaEditors' Dilemma
I left the family group chat and now my aunt is hurt
My family group chat has twenty-three people in it. Every morning, my aunt posts a “Have a blessed day” image with sparkly flowers. Then…
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Social mediaEditors' Dilemma
I privately correct the typos in his stories: is that annoying?
I have a longtime friend who posts a lot of stories: his meals, his cat, his late-night thoughts. He often makes mistakes. “Your going to…
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Social mediaEditors' Dilemma
I posted her engagement on my story before she could: big mistake?
At brunch, my best friend showed us her ring: her boyfriend had just proposed. We screamed, we cried, it was wonderful. I took a picture of…
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Social mediaEditors' Dilemma
My friend is upset I won’t share her candles on Instagram
A friend just started her own little business selling handmade scented candles. I’m thrilled for her. I ordered four for the holidays and…
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Social mediaEditors' Dilemma
She posted a photo of me with my mouth full without asking
At a picnic with friends, a friend took a bunch of group photos. In one of them, you can see me in profile, cheeks stuffed with a huge bite…
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VacationEditors' Dilemma
Our rental was far from the beach, and I complained all week
For our vacation for two, my friend took care of booking a rental online, by the ocean. In the photos, you could see the beach in the…
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VacationEditors' Dilemma
A house rule I made up during Monopoly ruined our vacation night
Every night on our family vacation, we play a big board game where you buy streets and build houses. I’m always the banker. One night, the…
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VacationEditors' Dilemma
My friend plans our vacation down to the minute: do I bail?
A friend and I take a week-long trip together every year. This time, Italy. Three weeks before we left, she sent me a spreadsheet: wake up…
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VacationEditors' Dilemma
My towel on the pool chair at 7 a.m., moved at 11: who’s wrong?
On vacation at a hotel with a pool, there are never enough lounge chairs. So, like a lot of people, I go down at 7 a.m. and put my towels…
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VacationEditors' Dilemma
I left at 7 a.m. to beat traffic and skipped the cleanup: so bad?
A week’s vacation with friends in a cabin on a lake. On the last day, checkout was set for 10 a.m., after the end-of-stay cleaning the…
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VacationEditors' Dilemma
My friend brought her new boyfriend to our beach house without asking
Eight of us had rented a big house on the Outer Banks for a week: eight beds, including the living room sofa bed where I slept, and eight…
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VacationEditors' Dilemma
On a road trip, does the driver get to pick the music?
Every summer, I drive our little group to the beach: seven hours on the road. I’m the only one who likes driving, and I’m happy to do it.…
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VacationEditors' Dilemma
The couple got the big bedroom, I got the sofa bed: same price?
Five of us rented a cabin in the Smoky Mountains for a week. Total price split five equal ways, as usual. The cabin has two bedrooms and a…
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KidsEditors' Dilemma
A video game given or loaned? His mom wants it back
My nine-year-old came home from a friend’s house with a game for his console. He told me, very proud: “He gave it to me, he doesn’t play it…
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KidsEditors' Dilemma
My parents babysit for free: my list of rules hurt their feelings
My parents watch my two kids every Wednesday, for free, and I’m truly grateful. But every time, the kids come home after three cartoons,…
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KidsEditors' Dilemma
Our baby has the same name as my friend’s dog: is that a problem?
My partner and I picked a name for our baby. A soft, slightly old-fashioned name we’ve loved for years, long before we ever met the dog in…
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KidsEditors' Dilemma
My daughter’s tablet at a restaurant: is the next table overreacting?
We were at a restaurant with our four-year-old. Service was slow, she was starting to climb on her chair and whine. To get some peace, I…
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KidsEditors' Dilemma
I made my son’s volcano project for him: is that so bad?
My ten-year-old had to turn in a volcano model for school. He started on Sunday night, the night before, of course. At 9 p.m., he was…
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KidsEditors' Dilemma
I take 50 cents from my teen for everything he forgets: too strict?
My thirteen-year-old son gets a $20 monthly allowance. He forgets everything: his water bottle at school, his keys, his jacket at a…
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KidsEditors' Dilemma
Karate carpool: I’m sick of always being the one who drives
My daughter does karate on Wednesdays with the son of another mom from school. At the start of the year, she asked if I could take him “now…
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KidsEditors' Dilemma
A flip phone for starting middle school: am I too strict?
My son is starting sixth grade. He’s been begging for a smartphone for months, because “everybody has one.” I get that he needs to call me…
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WeddingsEditors' Dilemma
A $180 bridesmaid dress I didn’t choose: can I ask her to split it?
A friend asked me to be a bridesmaid. I happily said yes. A few weeks later, she sent the group of four bridesmaids the link to the dress…
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WeddingsEditors' Dilemma
“No kids” wedding, except the cousin’s: we left early
We were invited to a friend’s wedding, with “adults only” on the invitation. We have two little ones. We found a babysitter for the whole…
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WeddingsEditors' Dilemma
My best man speech upset the groom: but it was funny!
My best friend picked me as his best man. For the speech, all he said was: “Make me laugh, but keep it short.” I wrote five minutes of…
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WeddingsEditors' Dilemma
His wedding falls during my long-planned trip: do I cancel?
For a year, my partner and I have been planning our big trip: a three-week road trip across Canada, flights and rentals booked, time off…
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WeddingsEditors' Dilemma
I swapped my place card at the wedding: is that a big deal?
At a friend’s wedding, I saw the seating chart when we got to the reception. I’d been put at the “singles table,” with six people I didn’t…
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WeddingsEditors' Dilemma
I flew my drone over the wedding ceremony: gift or blunder?
My cousin was getting married at a pretty venue in the countryside, with the ceremony out in the garden. I’d just bought a drone and had…
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