Conversations can turn into little archaeology digs sometimes. You mention something you assumed was universal, and the other person just blinks. Maybe it's a phrase, a reference, or the way someone ...

Did you fit in at school? I know there were things about me that made me feel different from my classmates. It wasn’t easy to find the right group of friends. Some people were made to feel like ...

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We regularly interact with people across race and class lines, but those conversations sometimes go wrong. Lower-status people fear facing discrimination; higher-status people fear being accused of ...

Dear Annie: I’m 22, working full time in the city, and recently started dating a guy I met through a mutual friend. We’ve only been seeing each other for about a month, and he really is a sweetheart.