Tag: Karen Bergreen

Karen is on hiatus, just not the kind anyone would want.

My husband just asked me to consider having an open marriage. I’m 83 and he’s 89. What do I tell the guy?

I think Taylor Swift having her wedding at Madison Square Garden was completely over the top. Are you telling me there weren’t other options? 

An ice cream truck idles all day outside my ground-floor office. It's both noisy and an environmental nuisance. Help!

My apartment mate acquired a cat while I was out of town. He knows I’m allergic. Now what? Signed,

I’m a waiter, and one family that comes in weekly for brunch doesn’t tip. At all. Can I approach them about it?

A colleague sent me a thank you note that I suspect was written by AI. Do I say something?

My husband is capable of completing complicated endeavors with assurance and proficiency, but utterly INcapable of doing basic house work. Help me, please!

The Winter Olympics is an excellent excuse to watch daytime television.

Someone who uses the gym in our building seems to be taking the remote controls. Do I confront him?

My sister bought me an ugly Christmas sweater. Do I have to wear it? 

My co-op's holidays decorations look like the interior of a Chemical Bank circa 1986. How do I say something without sounding like a snob?

My new girlfriend knows I'm alone this Thanksgiving, but hasn’t invited me to her family dinner. Do I say something?

"I accidentally liked my crush’s Instagram post from 2018. Do I fake my own death or pretend it was intentional?"

You accidentally cut someone off with your cart at Trader Joe’s and she muttered, “Of course.” Now what?

I work in an office with a communal fridge. Someone keeps taking my oat milk. What do I do?

A friend calculates lunch tabs to the nickel, based on who ate what. It's inelegant. Should you speak up?

If someone's bag is on a bus seat you want, "loudly ask them if their bag paid its own fare."

Learn the best advice ever received by the Rag's Ruthless Advice columnists.

Cindy and Karen offer advice for UWSers who have leftover Absolute bagels in their freezers.