A woman wants to know what she can tell her sister-in-law about the boyfriend who treats her poorly.
She wants to go scorched-earth, but is this the best approach?
Her longtime friend blew off her wedding. They had a falling out. Now she can’t move on without answers.
A wife loves her engagement ring, which was pricey. But as mores shift, should she now apologize for it?
Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax takes your questions and tackles your problems.
Sister-in-law who wants to control news of her pregnancy is accused of being rude and selfish.
Parents wonder how they should respond to young daughter’s constant questions about her looks.
Her daughter is frustrated with the level of chaos in their home and wants the adults to work together.
A reader returning home on business tries to deal with family members miffed about not getting a visit.
A woman seeks ideas on what to discuss as she and her husband, without a clue, face parenthood.
The others like to clean and want to hire a cleaning service. She thinks they should do it themselves.
Every wedding announcement and baby shower makes her feel left out. She wants to learn how to cope.
Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.
Helicopter parents haven’t gotten the message that 21-year-olds away from home can cope most of the time.
Several years after a death, how should a friend acknowledge the occasion without causing more pain?
He’s effusive with friends, curt with her. The only thing she can change is how she responds to him.
Every meal, vote and cleaning lady visit gets criticized by a close friend. Brutal honesty, or just plain brutish?
A mother doesn’t want her child to know the truth about her father. Should the family stay silent or reveal the secret?
A couple agreed to wait before having a baby — till now. Can she go ahead, knowing her husband is still nervous?
Faced with her husband’s opposition, a wife’s desire for a third child has to be tempered by reality.
Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997, after five years as a copy editor and news editor in Style and none as a therapist. The column includes cartoons by “relationship cartoonist” Nick Galifianakis — Carolyn's ex-husband — and appears in over 200 newspapers.
Besides the daily column, Carolyn has a weekly live online discussion (noon Fridays), the Hax Philes forum and a Facebook page. She also has a policy of saying yes when NPR calls but avoids TV like something forgotten in the back of the fridge; the feeling appears to be mutual.
Carolyn lives in Massachusetts with her husband, three boys and medium brown dog, Billy, but sees D.C. as "home." Sign up for Carolyn Hax’s column, delivered to your inbox early each morning.
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