Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax takes your questions and tackles your problems.
Some people are better than others during a crisis, so don’t rush to judgment.
Asking a relative to leave the room during parenting discussions is highly unreasonable.
Just because you took a different path doesn’t mean it’s the right one for her.
A parent who suffered from post-traumatic-snooping disorder as a teen seeks a better way.
A woman can’t expect a sister-in-law to just forget past unkindness and volunteer to help.
His reluctance to tell his parents he’s not a practicing Catholic hides a deeper problem.
A woman wants to keep her exes as “family members,” but that might not be realistic.
Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder, and you aren’t beholden to destroy the photos.
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."
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