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How Soon Is Too Soon to Ask My Landlord About a Rent Increase?
Q: For nine years, my husband and I have rented a market-rate apartment on the Upper West Side. The building…
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World
Your Office, Some Other Guy’s Politics
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request…
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Magazine
How to Be Ambivalent
“You can use ambivalence as a shield against the fear of rejection,” says Taly Reich, an associate professor of marketing…
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Style
‘I Would Give Anything to Hold Their Hands Again’
It could have been any January day — the air crisp, the sky clear. But that morning in Tokyo, where…
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Tech
Judge denies Apple’s request to delay App Store changes.
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Apple could not delay making changes to its App Store, a move that…
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Style
Should I Pay My Sister-in-Law for Helping With Child Care?
In January, my husband’s sister drove cross-country to help care for our two young sons while my husband was deployed…
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My Brother-in-Law Vilified Us Online. Should We Still Have Him Over?
As soon as everyone was vaccinated, we invited my family to our home for a holiday meal outdoors. We also…
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