When my Uncle Bob headed to the den at my grandparents’ house, I was never far behind. He’d settle into the old easy chair by the TV, newspaper close at hand. I’d grab the footrest and pull it by his ...

One unseasonably warm spring day in 2020, my dad and I ventured from New Jersey to a storage unit in Orange County, New York, to unearth the remnants of my great uncle Nicky’s life. Since his death in ...

DEAR BAD UNCLE: Get an estimate for the cost of repairs to your car and present it to your uncle. Tell him you need him to ...

My late grandfather had a lot of land that was supposed to be divided between my dad and my uncle. Quentin Fottrell is MarketWatch's Managing Editor-Advice Columns and The Moneyist columnist. You can ...

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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Some years ago, my uncle, having never met my then-boyfriend, made a series of racist jokes about him. (My boyfriend is part-Asian.) These jokes were made on my blog, which another ...

I was writing my uncle Tom's obituary when a roundabout request appeared in my cell phone messages. "I have no agenda and do not want there to be any unpleasantness; I can keep quiet— but wanted you ...

Allow me to indulge myself just a little. My uncle, the Reverend Dr. Brother Mr. Uncle Gil B Lloyd, was everything to me growing up. He was the Pastor of Cherry Hill Baptist Church in Seattle from the ...

Q: My uncle has a car (1999 model year) that won’t pass inspection, so he’s going to pull it off the road. He has a low-number plate on it and wants me to have the plates. Is that possible? Can he ...

I work a full-time and part-time job while going to school. I pay rent and live with my uncle, his girlfriend “Ava,” and her three teenage Neanderthals. Ava treats me as her live-in maid. Anytime ...

My evil uncle has finally presented an informal accounting of his younger deceased brother’s estate. His lawyer sent me a “refunding bond” and “release form” to sign which includes a clause: “If [the ...

“Sudden cardiac death,” is the cause listed on my uncle Bryan’s death certificate. But it didn’t feel sudden at all — not when you factor in his underlying mental and physical health problems, years ...