General Riddles

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
An onion.

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

I have four sides. Anyone can calculate my area if they come to know the length of any one side of mine. I have four right angles within me. Which shape am I?

I am transparent. You can see and feel me, but you cannot hold me. I always take the shape of my container. Who am I?

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

I am a fruit. I am tasty and provide lots of energy. You can find also me in a calendar. Who am I?

Which time of a day when written in capital letters reads the same from all the four sides?

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