Carolyn Hax

She’s happy to be Auntie Kate but misses one-on-one time with the parents.

A woman who has had a miscarriage worries about showing her emotions in front of her 4-year-old.

Roomate’s comments about a change in behavior probably call for a humble, open-minded response.

Reader wonders how she can help a friend who is repeatedly mistreated by her boyfriends.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax takes your questions and tackles your problems.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax takes your questions and comments about the strange train we call life and your holiday horrors.

Carolyn Hax: It’s when you like yourself, when you’re getting the most out of your strengths.

A woman feels inferior to the man she’s dating. Is he just using her until someone better comes along?

A woman wonders how to stop the endless snarky weight comments from her bulimic/anorexic family.

How does she decide whether to keep seeing him?

A mother whose kids are 4 and 5 asks how to occasionally fend off an abrasive 9-year-old neighbor.

She’s angry about her brother and his wife skipping the holiday ritual, but their reason is none of her business.

After years of trying to improve the relationship, it’s time to accept reality.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.

When three friends get together, one person makes the workplace outsider feel like a conversational third wheel.

She fell head over heels for a guy who wasn’t quite over his previous relationship, and is paying a price.

Reader wonders why fiance has a problem with her seeking his input from time to time.

She’s the last to settle down, and her friends are too busy for her milestones.

They’ve been dating for five months and talking about next steps.

A woman flying solo at home while her husband tends to his abusive, addicted mother struggles with anger.

An old college pal has moved to town, and a woman resents the perch men put her on.

Her sister won't come to a wedding across the country.

A wife must accept a certain level of uncertainty after her husband’s infidelity — if she stays married.

A woman getting over being dumped wants to date again — but wonders how she’ll know she is ready for it.

Some say it’s fine to check out people online before dating them. Others think it’s a creepy invasion of privacy.

A guy she started dating mentioned his “difficult family.” Google shows “difficult” means “murder trial.”

Extended family does not know about a pattern of bullying that caused the separation.

Annoyance with sister-in-law’s self-diagnosis overlooks her own.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax takes your questions and tackles your problems.

He wants to invite his girlfriend to their daughter’s graduation, but his ex is opposed to the idea.