Carolyn Hax
Carolyn Hax: Pain of longing vs. power of self-contentment
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The sadness of infertility or loneliness for a mate can derail life, but it’s unwise to let grief make decisions.
Carolyn Hax: On partners, friends and exes
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Readers seek advice on their partners’ interactions, with an ex and a friend of the opposite sex.
Carolyn Hax: Solitude isn’t a disease
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A husband likes to have casual friends to hang out with; his wife likes close friends or to be alone.
Carolyn Hax: Solitude isn’t a disease
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A husband likes to have casual friends to hang out with; his wife likes close friends or to be alone.
Carolyn Hax: How can I avoid offending people?
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Advice-seeker wants to find the line between interesting and insulting questions.
Hints From Heloise: Insight into inspections
A checklist of common items in annual car inspections.
Hints From Heloise: Dishwasher efficiency
Dos and dont’s for dishwashers.
Hints From Heloise: It’s not just for toast
A reader shares unusual uses for jams and jellies.
Miss Manners: You can eat your food as well as admire it
A Gentle Reader is at a loss on how to tackle an artfully arranged salad.
Miss Manners: Confront scolding boss in private
And if that doesn’t work, the next step is human resources.
Miss Manners: Reading is rude in the company of others
The Gentle Reader is appalled that her sister pulls out a book in any manner of social situations.
Miss Manners: Support your country by not being rude
A Yank working in a British bookstore is the frequent target of freely voiced anti-American sentiment.
Miss Manners: Crank letters need no response
Must an English dept. secretary defend Shakespearean authorship to conspiracy theorists? Nay!
Ask Amy: Husband’s amnesia may be contagious
Her husband went away for a weekend with his ex but “can’t remember” much about it.
Ask Amy: Young girl is at risk during visitation with dad
Her son’s girlfriend’s brother was incarcerated for a sex crime; she’s rightly worried about granddaughter.
Ask Amy: Boys’ outing ends badly; should mom tell?
A fistfight topped off an otherwise wonderful outing. Should she tell the mom of the special needs boy?
Animal Doctor: Why two cats are better than one
Solitary cats get lonely and bored; when cats go outside the box; training dogs to use pads; eliminating fleas.
Animal Doctor: Pain might be the cause of dog’s OCD
German shepherd’s OCD might be the result of internal discomfort; indoor cats; “silent meow theory.”
Animal Doctor: Carpets can conceal health threats
Owner thinks a rug cleaner may have led to cat’s death; killing of horses; feline herpes; overweight Labradors.
@Work Advice
@Work Advice columnist Karla Miller (DEB LINDSEY/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
Who’s the boss?
This boss could fire a difficult employee, but wants to learn to work with her personality.
Family Almanac
Grandma is a bigot. Can we make this a teachable moment?
Wife’s grandmother is a bigot. How do we make this a teachable moment?
Mother died, father remarried, and I’m lost
Her mother died, her father remarried, and she can’t seem to move on, like he has.
Don’t let an addition become a source of division
A single mom’s boys enjoy less time with their “aunties” now. It’s a good chance for a life lesson.
Momspeak
Cutting the writing section from the SAT is just plain dumb
No skill should be more valued that being able to translate your thoughts clearly into writing
How mothers can have joy and fun
Olympian mom shows that parenthood doesn’t need to be a zero-sun game.
Senioritis is very rarely fatal
Despite dire warnings and parental angst, few students lose their acceptances to senioritis.
Why patting the bunny is better than swiping the screen
When it comes to the littlest ones, they don’t need an app for that
2014: 18 years in the making, gone in the blink of an eye
When my sons were babies, college in 2014 seemed as implausible as a pocket-size computer.
Date Lab
They share a sense of humor, but is that enough?
Quick-witted, check. Laid-back, check. Curious about the world, check.
They love to run
One’s a marathoner; one runs faster. But are they headed the same direction?
Two ‘old souls’ find they have a lot in common
But does much in common include romance?
They showed each other their tattoos. That’s good, right?
This dater waited five years for us to set her up. Oh, the pressure!
Sometimes it’s just hard to tell if the date was a good one
There was lots of talking, but did it lead anywhere?
Emotionless lizards: Carolyn Hax Live (Friday, March 28)
Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.
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