Sleep-interrupting texts would bother anyone. Add your boss's inappropriate nickname and suddenly you're wide awake, ...

Every December, we receive all kinds of gifts from vendors and clients—gift baskets, cookies, candy, wine, and so forth.

Wherever I find myself in life, I should in theory always be able to style it out with grace and self-confidence ...

The boomers that regularly occupy the barstools at The Observer’s restaurant workplace have spent countless hours consuming ...

My husband and I had careers in biotech, but never felt like we were built for the corporate world. We were seeking a different life, one that aligned with our nonconformist values and shared dreams.

I’d just come home from Target. Unloading the car, I looped grocery bags up my arms. Doing it in one trip made it look like I bought less. My husband sat at the computer, his back to the door, and ...

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been together for 34 years, married for 25 of them. We both brought children from previous marriages into the relationship; he has two and I have two. A week before ...

Have you ever worked for a really crazy boss? I mean, actually crazy? Like, they need medication to function, and they get upset about the strangest things. Plus, they overreact about nonsense, and it ...

Dear Abby: I became ill a few months ago and spent 10 days in the hospital before moving to a rehab center to recover. My husband worked at the facility where I became a patient. Two weeks into my ...

I am an IT software and data engineering team leader. I have eight managers reporting to me and more than 60 people on my team. In recent org changes I moved under another senior leader. Since the day ...

DEAR ERIC: My husband and I have been married for 47 years. He walks very fast and refuses to slow down to walk with me. He says I should keep up with him (even though it is hard for me to do so). He ...

Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married for 47 years. He walks very fast and refuses to slow down to walk with me. He says I should keep up with him (even though it is hard for me to do so). He ...