Carolyn Hax
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Girlfriend’s makeup issues more than skin-deepMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My girlfriend and I have been together five months. She’s wonderful and beautiful. She lost a lot of weight before we met but still doesn’t have a very good self-...
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Tell your friend about feelings you have for herMay 09, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I am a 38-year-old, never-married man. My friend is a 27-year-old, never-married woman. I've had a crush on her since we met nearly three years ago, but never ask...
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Wracked with loneliness, should she 'settle' to get a man?May 08, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I feel I'm at the very edge of what is survivable as far as loneliness. I've always thought it preferable to be on my own than to settle for someone, which seems ...
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Hax: Man’s ‘vision’ of death brings on bucket listMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I am in my 50s, married 30 years and have four children and six grandchildren. I am not religious but am spiritual. I am in relatively poor health, with diabetes,...
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How to handle a husband who hides at family dinnerApr 30, 2011 2:00 am - Q. My husband and I host a Passover Seder for his family every year. One of his cousins was married several years ago to a non-Jew. At their first Seder as a married...
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Stepmom struggles to have conversation with teenApr 30, 2011 12:00 am - Q. I have a high school-age stepdaughter with whom I have almost nothing in common. She lives with her mother and we see her about once a week for dinner. Her intere...
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Good friends take romance slowApr 27, 2011 12:00 am - Q. One of my best friends is interested in me, and I’m confused. I really like Friend, but I recently ended a relationship, and I’m not sure I’m ready to start datin...
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Lack of commitment puts dent in her happinessApr 24, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My boyfriend and I have been together for five-plus years (we are in our 50s). We have both been married before, he multiple times, and I have two elementary-age ...
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Suddenly a parent and he doesn't have a clueApr 22, 2011 2:00 am - Q. My wife's sister, a single mother to a 9-year-old, died suddenly. My wife and I, who never wanted kids, have decided to adopt our niece. I have absolutely no clue...
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Vegan-turned-meat-eater confounds wifeApr 17, 2011 12:00 am - Q. When my (now) hubby and I got together, we were both ethical vegans and shared many common interests about the issue. Recently, he decided he was “going back” to ...