Carolyn Hax
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Sympathy may be best path to forgivenessJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Last month, I found out that my husband of four decades had an “emotional affair” for the past year. He is 60, and she is a 32-year-old at his workplace. After I ...
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Why is he putting up walls to this relationship?Jun 11, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I'm facing a situation, and I honestly have no clue how to deal. I'm in a sort-of relationship with a man who is 13 years my senior (I'm 21), and we have a lot in...
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Giving the silent treatment leaves problems unresolvedJun 08, 2011 1:00 am - Q. My girlfriend of four years is behaving in a way I can’t understand, and I can’t decide whether it’s a fatal flaw. Recently, after dinner and live music, we ended...
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Boyfriend stymied over her past adulterous affairJun 05, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My girlfriend and I are at an impasse. Before we were together she had a yearlong relationship with a married man. She says she regrets it, but insists on defendi...
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Not easy when friendships dieJun 04, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I’ve known my best friend, “Hal,” since high school. We’re in our late 30s now, and I don’t have another male friend with whom I have been as close. We considered...
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Be upfront about what you can afford for son’s weddingJun 01, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My son is getting married in four months. He and his fiancee have lived together for eight years and have a baby daughter. The mother of the bride (MOTB), along w...
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Revising definition of relationship may be best courseMay 29, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I am 43, have two great kids ages 12 and 9, and have been divorced very amicably for four years. I am cheerful, outgoing, financially independent, healthy and luc...
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In-laws have strange way of showing they careMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My wife and I have been married 14 years. Before my father died, my in-laws and I got along well. I was raised in a loving family, we believed a family in need is...
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Can this couple resolve their issues by living together?May 23, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Long story short, my boyfriend of two-plus years and I keep having the same circular, chicken-or-egg discussion. He thinks our relationship is too unstable to co...
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Fix your impulse to try to fix cheaterMay 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Q. Caught him cheating with his good friend and co-worker after he had denied it for over a year and repeatedly called me crazy for “seeing something that wasn’t the...