Carolyn Hax
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If you feel boyfriend is asking too much stand up and say soJan 24, 2013 5:35 am - Q. For the past two years, I have been seeing a man I care about very much. We’ve had a tumultuous, on/off relationship due to some mistakes I made early on that he coul...
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Three degrees later, wife hints at change of goalsJan 20, 2013 4:28 am - Q. My wife and I have been married nine years, and it’s starting to bother me that she has not begun her career yet. Following college, she got a master’s degree and the...
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A mother’s racism is affecting her daughter’s wedding hopesJan 19, 2013 10:12 am - Q. I’m very lucky to be with the most supportive, kind, brilliant, hardworking, and genuine person I’ve ever met. We’ve been together more than a year, and discuss getti...
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Go ahead and confront friend’s boyfriend about commentsJan 16, 2013 7:02 am - Q. I can’t stand my best friend’s boyfriend. He’s passive-aggressive and is always making snarky, spiteful comments. It’s common for him to join activities in which he h...
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No easy way to tell friend you're dating her exJan 12, 2013 12:00 pm - Q. How do I break the news to my friend that I have been seeing her (recent) ex-boyfriend? I'm prepared to lose the friendship, but I want to minimize how hurt she gets,...
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No one ever deserves to be mistreated in relationshipsJan 10, 2013 5:01 am - Q. I tend to get treated badly by some pretty serious jerks. Often, it’s my fault — there are obvious signs of jerkiness and I proceed without caution. Other times it’s ...
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Mom has right to grieve lack of grandchildrenJan 06, 2013 5:24 am - Q. My mother-in-law is currently battling cancer, and has lately been making passive-aggressive comments to my husband about how she’s so disappointed she’ll never see o...
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A direct response to behavior is bestJan 05, 2013 9:00 am - Q. I hope I’m not too late with a Christmas dilemma. My friend, “Louise,” has a 4-year-old niece, “Lyndie,” who is already a spoiled brat. Last year at their family Chri...
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‘Love’ comes too little too late from ‘real’ sibingsJan 04, 2013 8:02 am - Q. As the youngest of seven kids by a fair margin, and who didn’t resemble anyone on either side of the family, I was always ostracized by my father, who made it very cl...
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Is this wife of a cancer patient being selfish?Jan 03, 2013 2:14 pm - Q. My husband is in the limbo of being diagnosed with cancer what kind, how far has it spread, prognosis. We are obviously both shellshocked. I confided in a friend and ...