Jeffrey Zaslow
By Jeffrey Zaslow
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Life The Toll of Traveling With a Toddler
Dear Mr. Zaslow, My husband, toddler son and I left New York for Washington about a year ago. My relatives are in Atlanta; his are back in New York. Since we are close to both sets of parents, we travel very frequently to Atlanta or New York. We go to Atlanta two or three times…
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Life A JDate Love Triangle
Dear Mr. Zaslow: About two months ago, I sent a message to a woman on JDate whom I was very interested in. I didn’t hear back from her, and in the meantime I began dating an ex-girlfriend again. Recently, the woman from JDate e-mailed me, expressing interest and apologizing. She explained that she could not…
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Life Help! My Adult Daughter’s a Schnorrer
Dear Mr. Zaslow: I raised three daughters in a nice middle-class, haimish home. My youngest daugher is a real schnorrer — a cheapskate. She flaunts her frugality. Her home furnishings are “dumpster décor,” and sometimes, she’ll go to Costco and eat her lunch by sampling food served by the various demonstrators. Recently she told me,…
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Life Should We Invite My Alzheimer’s-Stricken Mother to Our Son’s Upcoming Bar Mitzvah?
Dear Bintel Brief: Our son’s bar mitzvah is rapidly approaching, and we still are not sure what to do. My mother, who lives in a far away state, has Alzheimer’s and it will be very discombobulating for her and her aide to travel to us. Moreover, my mom won’t remember the event even a few…
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