Carolyn Hax: Advice
Carolyn Hax: Let adults run their own relationships
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
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Carolyn Hax: Advice
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Hax: Reach out with concern, no agenda
Carolyn: I had a good friend in college, "Lucy"; we were inseparable, in each other's weddings, etc. Over the past two years we've had somewhat of a falling out, and I've kept my distance from her for a number of reasons.
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Hax: Crazy cat lady may not be so crazy
Carolyn: My mother is a crazy cat lady. She has been doing better in recent years, down to 15 cats instead of 40 or 50, motivated by the arrival of her first grandchild, my son. We live on opposite sides of the country and it was too hard to travel when she had so many cats. I come home about twice...
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Hax: Husband's friends degrade women
Dear Carolyn: My husband has had a close group of friends since his early 20s, and they communicate daily through group texts and emails.
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: Laid-back approach may do some good
Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend of a year and a half and I are breaking up. Our fights have turned into WWIII, and he was tired of my being upset because I caught him lying to me a half-dozen times.
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: Time can't heal anything unless cause of injury stops
Hi, Carolyn: How do I start trusting my wife again? Three years ago, I caught her (52) having an affair with a 29-year-old aide who came to our house to help with our autistic son.
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: Cultivate emotional safety in marriage
Carolyn: I'm a newlywed and sometimes I get unnerved. Is it stupid to ask how not to end up in a bad situation? I love my husband very much and I would really like him to tell me if something is wrong, rather than be miserable for years. I would like to think I could pick up on his unhappiness if...
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: Be honest with absentee friend
Carolyn: I have a longtime friend who I once considered a "best friend." We connect at the heart, and have relied on each other a lot over the years.
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: Don't force child into donating toys
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: Hosting family part of package deal
Dear Carolyn: I live with my boyfriend in his elderly mom's paid-for vacation home. She comes to visit a few times a year for a few days each time, and we are expected to provide meals and entertain her. I'm totally OK with this. When she's not here we care for the home as if it were our own: paying...


