Carolyn Hax
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Multiple reasons to nix relationship sounds like rationalizingApr 12, 2012 2:54 pm - Q. I’m a single guy who has harbored feelings for one of my best friends for a number of years. I’ve never said anything to her since I don’t want to put her in the posi...
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Find something to do when boyfriend is busyApr 09, 2012 2:51 pm - Q. I’m in the early stages of a long-distance relationship. We see each other as many weekends as possible. Whenever he visits me, I clear my calendar from Friday to Sun...
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Paranoia is getting the better of this relationshipApr 08, 2012 2:00 am - Q. My girlfriend seems to be paranoid (not in the clinical sense). Every action that a friend or family member takes, she looks for how it could be taken as an attack or...
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What is more important to boyfriend: you or an heirApr 05, 2012 2:53 pm - Q. How much am I obligated to my boyfriend to try to find treatment for medical problems that make it impossible for me to have children? I’ve been shuttled around betwe...
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Readers chime in about therapy, profanityApr 02, 2012 2:00 pm - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On telling difficult truths in therapy A big benefit of both therapy and groups like Al-Anon, I've found, is that when you hear ...
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Is the problem the strip club, or the insisting?Apr 01, 2012 1:00 am - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On the “I insist you stop going to strip clubs” trope: • I never liked it when my husband went to strip clubs either. I consider...
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Readers give advice on everything from gossip to parentsMar 29, 2012 2:59 pm - While I’m away, readers give the advice. On people you know are talking trash about you When someone wants to share a third party’s juicy/hurtful/critical comments about...
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Give your boyfriend room to develop independenceMar 26, 2012 2:45 pm - Q. I am 20 and my boyfriend is 21, both college juniors. We have been together for three years. He is cute, kind, smart, funny and wants to marry me. My only hesitation ...
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Bad idea: Going through marriage for the honor of itMar 25, 2012 1:00 am - Q. In two months I'm due to be married. I've been with my fiancee for five years. I do love her. She is a wonderful person and she's sacrificed so much for me. She moved...
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Why rush moving in with new boyfriend?Mar 22, 2012 12:00 am - Q. I'm a gainfully employed graduate in my early 20s, and my parents and I have a pretty open and trusting relationship — almost daily contact, despite the 3,000-mile ga...