Carolyn Hax
-
One-on-one time currency 10 year old can bank onJun 04, 2015 6:00 am - Q. My husband and I will welcome our first child together in October. He also has two daughters: a 10-year-old from a past relationship, who visits often but does not li...
-
Don't move on with relationship without a little honestyMay 31, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. For almost a decade now, I have been close friends with an incredibly kind, compassionate, sweet and altogether special man. We have been spending a great deal of tim...
-
A question of honoring you, not just your commitmentsMay 28, 2015 7:00 am - Q. I am a bridesmaid in my cousin's wedding on July Fourth. Because of the date, save-the-date cards were mailed out a year and half in advance. My boyfriend has known a...
-
Mom's Alzheimer's no excuse for siblings to shirk visiting herMay 26, 2015 5:00 am - Q. My mom has Alzheimer's and lives in an assisted living facility. I have siblings that never go to see her, and they claim she doesn't recognize them or wouldn't remem...
-
Husband, wife must be on same page about GrandpaMay 24, 2015 1:00 am - Q. My father-in-law is a classic jerk; he neglected and hit my husband throughout his childhood and teen years. As adults we have little to do with him, and I've taken a...
-
Appreciate how son shows love in his way, not yoursMay 23, 2015 1:00 am - Q. My son knows that a card says a lot. Last year, my Mother's Day card was just basic from my son, grandkids and daughter-in-law. I didn't say anything. This year my gr...
-
If girlfriend's friendship with ex is a problem for you, say soMay 21, 2015 1:00 am - Q. I've been dating a woman steadily for four months. Late last year, she dated another man for about six weeks, and they were quickly intimate. Then he broke it off wit...
-
Whiny friend seems ungrateful for the good things in her lifeMay 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. I have a friend who, by most any measure, has a lot to be thankful for. She has two lovely children and a husband. She's able to work only part time (though she hasn'...
-
Choose to be grateful instead of offended at perceived snubMay 12, 2015 1:00 am - Q. My daughter graduates high school in June, and I informed our family of the date this past September. My stepmother called a couple of weeks ago and informed me that ...
-
Choose to trust in each other, and in yourselvesMay 10, 2015 1:00 am - Q. After two years of dating and now nearly two years of living together, my boyfriend can't seem to stop ogling women. Almost from the beginning, he has taken to giving...