Christmas Day Rift Between Mary Haworth and Mother Deepens
A reader asks how to handle a lifelong strain with her widowed mother who left Christmas dinner in a huff. The columnist analyzes family dynamics, suggests underlying loneliness, and recommends self-understanding and possibly short-term psychiatric counsel to ease tensions and improve future interactions.
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Love Now Doctor
Sociologists seek the moment a marriage becomes a family with a baby as the marker. The narrator recalls early recovery, marital tensions, and a debate on independence versus togetherness as a couple weighs children and plans. The piece also notes Balmain's interest in durable permastarch for midwinter fashion.
We the Women Warn Against Overbearing Parents
A Johannesburg dateline story notes a young radio officer claiming he milked a lioness to win a farmer's daughter in marriage. The piece argues parents should avoid pressuring suitors and instead judge suitors fairly, citing common American practices by Mr. and Mrs. Jones as an example of courting strategies.
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