I adore my cousins, I really do. We grew up together, and when they suggested coming to stay with us for a long weekend, I ...

I adore my cousins, I really do. We grew up together, and when they suggested coming to stay with us for a long weekend, I was genuinely excited. I pictured late-night laughs, good meals, maybe a hike ...

By 3 p.m. on the first day, one of them popped open a drink and announced, “It’s 5 o’clock somewhere!” Then another. Then another.

Pretty soon they were camped out on my patio like it was an all-inclusive resort, and I felt like the unpaid staff. They weren’t mean, exactly. Just ... loud. Tipsy. Repeating stories. Forgetting what ...

In today’s Dear Annie column, a host struggles to set boundaries after cousins treat a quiet visit like a “spring break” drinking weekend.

I adore my cousins, I really do. We grew up together, and when they suggested coming to stay with us for a long weekend, I was genuinely excited. I pictured late-night laughs, good meals, maybe a hike ...

Dear Annie: I adore my cousins, I really do. We grew up together, and when they suggested coming to stay with us for a long weekend, I was genuinely excited. I pictured late-night laughs, good meals, ...

I adore my cousins, I really do. We grew up together, and when they suggested coming to stay with us for a long weekend, I ...

Dear Annie: I adore my cousins, I really do. We grew up together, and when they suggested coming to stay with us for a long weekend, I was genuinely excited. I pictured late-night laughs, good meals, ...

I adore my cousins, I really do. We grew up together, and when they suggested coming to stay with us for a long weekend, I was genuinely excited. I pictured late-night laughs, good meals, maybe a hike ...

I adore my cousins, I really do. We grew up together, and when they suggested coming to stay with us for a long weekend, I ...

In Rawmarsh, the Rotherham-adjacent village where I grew up, food choices [in the early 2000s] still tended towards the ...