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Short and Sweet: When and What You Say–And How
We’ve all heard it: nobody writes letters anymore, people spend too much time on the phone, too much texting by everyone, etc. So: some guidance on when you can, when you can’t… Congratulations: When you find out great news and want to reach a close friend to say “you go, girl!” texting or e-mails are…
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When A Friend Is Seriously Ill
When we were younger, our parents were the ones making hospital visits and errand runs for sick relatives and friends. Now we’re grown and it’s our turn. So in case you’re wondering what you can do for someone close to you who is seriously ill or injured, some suggestions: If they’re in the hospital, call…
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Going To The Chapel of Love (Not)
There’s a new reality show on the CW, Hitched or Ditched, that gives a couple one week to make plans for an all-expenses-paid wedding. A week too short to make a commitment that could last for a lifetime? That’s the catch. And the tension, the drama, comes at the actual ceremony, when in a paid-for…
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Guess Who's Coming To (Your Wedding) Dinner?
You’ve done it: you and your dearly beloved (and your families, probably) have edited and re-edited the guest list for your wedding reception so you’ve included the maximum number of people close to you you can afford to feed after the wedding. The beautiful invitations went out on time, with their stamped, self-addressed response cards…
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Here Comes The Bride, All Dressed In…..What?
Dear Come Correct: I’m getting married about six months from now, to an amazing woman. We agree on many of the important things—whether we want children and when, where we’d like to live, how to save for a home of our own, etc—but there’s been some tension lately. Maybe I’m not getting it because I’m…
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The Parent Trap
Dear Come Correct: Let me try to boil this down to the essentials: About five years ago, my dad had an affair with someone who worked with him. After a scorched-earth divorce, Dad married The Other Woman and mom has remained single. He and I were close before the divorce; I have managed to…
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Your Own Intimate Ceremony
is a Los Angeles-based correspondent for NPR News and co-author, with Karen Elyse Hudson, of The New Basic Black: Home Training For Modern Times (Doubleday).
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Your Invitation Got Lost in the Mail?
Dear CC: The daughter of good friends (or so we thought) is getting married. We know both the daughter and the young man she’s marrying as well, and the young manlooks up to my husband as a role model, we’ve been told.Having said that, we weren’t invited to the wedding, nor to a shower thatseems…
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Wedding Belles, Bridezillas, The Presents of Your Company
The May and June months seem to be filled with lots of happy occasions—graduation ceremonies, promotions and lots and lots of weddings. For the next few weeks, we’ll be looking at how you can Come Correct to all of these events. If you’re wondering, for instance: Do I have to give a present from the…
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"My Bad?" "You're Fired!"
I paid for something at a check out counter awhile back and noticed, as I was scanning the receipt, that I’d been charged twice for a single item. I pointed it out the cashier and she told me “I can’t do nothing about that. You gotta take it to Customer Service.” “I don’t want to…
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