These "reductive" questions can instantly make a conversation feel heavy, etiquette expert Alison Cheperdak says.

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Conversations with toxic people can feel like navigating a minefield—you never know which word will set off an explosion.

From controversial topics like religion and politics to their own personal troubles, these are topics that people without the ...

From election cycles to workplace committees to family dinners at home, conversations can be tense. While many people are getting into heated debates, others are self-censoring online and offline as a ...

The claim that conversation is a dying art has become itself a familiar conversational topic. As with many laments of cultural decline, the charge is most often levied by the old against the young.