Carolyn Hax
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Remarried dad considers impact of a third childMar 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I'm a 37-year-old dad to two kids, recently remarried. Before I met my current wife I had no desire for more kids. I have 40 percent custody of the kids, and I lo...
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Grandma must stop negative body image commentsFeb 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My mother-in-law pats my daughter's belly after dinner and says, "That's disgusting! Look at that round belly! How horrible!" She's kind of joking, but ... I don'...
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Knowing who to trust takes some soul searchingFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I've had two dates with a great guy who has expressed to me and to mutual friends that he is very interested in me. On Wednesday, after a dinner date, he asked me to ...
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Let Grandma be herself when visitingFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My wife shares my views of the extreme difficulty, on a few fronts, of her mother's extended visits to our home. My wife is amenable to discussions with her mom, ...
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Rather than argue, talk about kids' study habitsFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I am a mother of two teenage girls, 16 and 13. They are both bright. Both of them, however, have a habit that drives me completely out of my mind. Neither one...
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Reality messes with independent mother's plansJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. I've always considered myself an independent person. I am a married, full-time working mother of two young children, so I've got my hands full, but I've always pr...
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Tug-of-war for family time getting hurtful to new parentsJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. My husband and I live an hour from our families, and each lives in a different town. We try hard to spend equal time with each. Yet we are trapped in a constant t...
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Reality knocking at the door of picket-fence dreamsJan 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. When my boyfriend and I get in arguments, he inevitably says, "Maybe we shouldn't be together" or "There are obviously compatibility issues." Our relationship is ...
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Despite stop signs, idea of marriage enters the pictureJan 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Q. For the last seven months, I have been exclusively dating a man who I am crazy about. When we first met, he told me he had been single for 15-plus years and "didn...
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Step-mom's choice to take the high road pays offJan 01, 2010 10:00 pm - While I'm away, readers give the advice. On the simple (if not easy) way to be a good stepparent: When I was 30 I married a man with four children. They were 6, 7, 8 and...