Carolyn Hax: Advice
Hax: Husband stuck in complaining rut
Dear Carolyn: My husband has been unhappy in his job for more than five years. He refuses to take any of my advice about changing it - won't see a career counselor, won't go back to school, won't talk to his boss about a position change, won't visit a therapist - and wants to complain about work...
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Carolyn Hax: Advice
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Hax: Could career choice cancel marriage?
Dear Carolyn: I've been thinking of asking my girlfriend to marry me, after several years of happy and fulfilled dating.
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: New mom keeps questioning herself
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: Deal with troubled kids, even if it causes a rift
Carolyn: I'm having trouble dealing with my violent niece and nephew, 5 and 7. I have two children of my own a little older. We are a tight family that (mostly, despite this big issue) enjoys hanging out together quite often. It's common for the 5-year-old to hold my 7-year-old down and just swing...
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CAROLYN HAX: ADVICE
Carolyn Hax: Let adults run their own relationships
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
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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.


