Carolyn Hax
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Frustrating, yes, but better to let a boor expose herselfJun 10, 2014 6:00 am - Q. What to do, as a full-grown adult, when a classless coward makes a loud, public and derogatory comment about your mother (a former friend of hers) after your unknowin...
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June is the month for wedding dilemmasJun 10, 2014 1:01 am - June does this to my inbox. Q. I would like to invite one of my good college friends to be in my wedding party. He and I live relatively far apart but have, over the yea...
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Dietary changes mean friendship may be off the tableJun 09, 2014 11:00 pm - Q. My husband and I are good friends with a couple whose dietary needs have slowly changed over the eight years we've known them. When we first met, we would often hang...
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Don't get in the middle of a family argumentJun 02, 2014 11:00 pm - Q. My brother, sister-in-law (SIL) and nephew, 5, live halfway across the country from us. I live near my parents where we grew up. There was some significant upheaval b...
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When is spanking a child appropriate discipline?Jun 02, 2014 1:00 am - Q. My question is, when is spanking a child OK? I live on a rural dirt road off a busy road. We have about seven neighbors and all know each other and help out when need...
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Tell your kids you can monitor their textsMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - Q. My phone plan allows me to see the texts of my kids, 19, 17 and 14. I monitor their chat occasionally. I don't let them know, and don't plan on intervening unless som...
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Husband, wife argue if live-in in-laws should contribute to financesMay 22, 2014 11:00 pm - Q. My husband's parents are in their mid-80s and they have lived with us for 14 years. They don't pay toward household costs. They moved in with us originally because my...
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You can be kind even if your mother can'tMay 20, 2014 5:01 am - Q. I have no bond with my mother, and never have, including as an infant. She is self-centered, probably has narcissistic personality disorder, and makes herself look go...
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Open your mind to an overseas moveMay 19, 2014 11:00 pm - Q. I am writing because my husband and I are facing a huge dilemma. He cannot find a job in the U.S. He recently got a job offer in Asia and wants us to go. I have confl...
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Don't play hostage in family squabbleMay 17, 2014 1:01 am - Q. I have a very dear cousin and a very dear daughter ... but they do not hit it off. Cousin lives out of state and only visits a couple times a year - usually at one of...