If you publicly admit to trying to start your family, then have trouble conceiving, it’s good to have a plan to cope with the questions you’ll get afterwards.
Get ready for three months of subterfuge and puking.
A reader’s mother-in-law insists on cutting the baby’s hair! And it’s not a good thing, people. What is she to do?
If the service is free, do you need to tip? In a land where no real tipping policy exists, Amalah decides to invent one.
I lent all my maternity clothes to a friend, and now…well, you see where this is going.
Oops. How to navigate the social gaffe of a ruined surprise party.
How late is too late? One procrastinator asks another.
Amalah takes on the Case of the Bank-Breaking Baby-Food Budget.
Save The Date…or Barrage The Hostess With Alternate Dates? How to avoid this party-planning nuisance.
The “free” salon consultation: do you still need to leave a tip? Amalah saves you from a financial faux pas.
Guest columnist Nicole of Not Perfect sets the etiquette record straight when the bumps in your wedding planning are of the baby variety.
Amy, HELP. So here’s my dilemma. I live in London and have been lucky enough to be invited to the Buckingham Palace Garden Party this year. July 22, to be precise. Which suddenly seems very soon. I got the dress sorted freakishly easily – saw…
Oh Amy, I’ve been engaged a month and I can already tell my family and I are not going to be getting along until the wedding is over. My fiancé’s mom is amazing and told me (and meant it) that I could do whatever I…
Hi Amy, I’ve found myself in a strange situation and I have no idea what to do. First, some background: I have a (summer) job. As a result, I have a boss. Let’s call her Emily. Emily was once married, but got divorced when she…
Hi Amalah, My brother is getting married in October. His fiance’s sister is the maid of honor, so it is her job to organize a bridal shower, which she did very well (it’s an all-out luncheon, she’s got it figured out right down to the…
Dear Amy, My question doesn’t have anything to do with beauty advice, but rather how to avoid seeming like an elitist snob when I’m at my in-laws’ family reunion this summer. You give such great advice and are a creative thinker; I thought maybe you…
Are you obligated to keep gifts given by friends if they aren’t something you normally wouldn’t use or buy for yourself?
Unsolicited comments on your pregnancy can often feel like insults. Here’s how to handle rude people and their rude behavior.
Amy (do you mind if I call you Amy?), HELP! I don’t know if the following question is Smackdown worthy, but if anyone could help me, it’d be you. Because you are wise and wonderful. And have probably been to this sort of thing before….
I’m breaking format this morning because…da da da DAAA…I’m an idiot who is having trick-or-treating anxiety. Yes. Trick-or-treating anxiety. My life is…really very sad. A recap of my life, pre-pathetic-ness: We lived in the city, in a building that did not get trick-or-treaters. We never…