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• Carolyn Hax: Time to deal with young, violent cousins

  May 19, 2013 in Features on Page D2 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 … 2

• Hard to believe she ever will be faithful

  May 12, 2013 in Features on Page D2 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 …

• Carolyn Hax: Take small steps toward changes

  May 5, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: Sometimes I think I’d like someone to rescue me from my life – someone to make it so I don’t have to work anymore, and I just sit …

• Carolyn Hax: Take time apart to find answer

  April 28, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: I’ve been with a wonderful man for two years. We’ve discussed at length spending the rest of our lives together. He has told me that actually getting married …

• Carolyn Hax: Your requests of him are impractical

  April 21, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: I have been living with my boyfriend for 10 years. He moved here from out east and has an adult son there. He has been divorced for 16 …

• Carolyn Hax: Sneaking candy a standard kid issue

  April 14, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Oh, Carolyn: I’m having some food issues with my son. While I was nursing the baby, I could hear the other kids running around. It turns out they found the …

• Carolyn Hax: Parents stuck in sons’ love triangle

  April 7, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: Our oldest son, “Jay,” lived with a girl I’ll call “Stephanie.” He and our youngest son, “Sean,” were the best of friends and went everywhere together. Both young …

• Carolyn Hax: OK with more who love grandchild

  March 31, 2013 in Features on Page D2 • While I’m away, readers give the advice. On stepparents and the grandparent role: Many years ago I went through a devastating divorce after a long marriage, and my former …

• Carolyn Hax: No need to conceal your cheating past

  March 24, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: I cheated on my ex. I’m extremely ashamed of this part of my past. I understand now why I did it: to avoid facing a painful reality, and …

• Carolyn Hax: Trip disappoints dad on his day

  March 17, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Hey, Carolyn: Last year, my father, father-in-law and I went on a fishing trip for Father’s Day. It was the first year I was a father, and so I figured …

• Carolyn Hax: Fiance, daughter too close for her comfort

  March 10, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Hi, Carolyn: My fiance and his daughter are incredibly close. She is in her early 20s and still maintains the visitation schedule she had as a minor. She comes over …

• Carolyn Hax: Wife insists hubby stop hugging ex

  March 3, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: My husband, “Jeff,” and I have a really great relationship. Marrying him was one of the best decisions I have made. He is good to me and kind …

• Carolyn Hax: Close planner; try his way for awhile

  February 24, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: I’m in a relationship with a great guy. We’re talking marriage. Everything for the most part is wonderful, except for a communication issue that has become our “repeat … 1

• Carolyn Hax: Wedding-date grudge a bit much

  February 17, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: Last spring we attended the wedding of my husband’s best friend. When we visited the couple the year before, they threw out a couple of dates they were …

• Carolyn Hax: Chose to not spend time with mother

  February 10, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: For decades my mother has basically ignored me and my children, or treated us unfairly in comparison to my siblings. Years of therapy have helped me understand that …

• Carolyn Hax: Still not OK to ask for cash at wedding

  February 3, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dearest Carolyn: My daughter would like to request cash versus the usual wedding gifts. How would you go about wording this request? We are trying not to sound too harsh. …

• Carolyn Hax: Parents must stop weight comments

  January 20, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: I am a 30-year-old woman with a BMI of 24.9, the top of the “healthy” range. I believe I am attractive and healthy and I am consistently told …

• Carolyn Hax: Wife hints at not wanting to work

  January 13, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Hi, Carolyn: 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 …

• Carolyn Hax: Neglected sibling says ‘no thanks’

  January 6, 2013 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: 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, …

• Carolyn Hax: Comments from MIL may be grief

  December 30, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Hi Carolyn: 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 our kids, and talking …

• Hax: Let grandparents keep connection with grandkids

  December 23, 2012 in Features on Page D2 While I’m away, readers give the advice.

• Carolyn Hax: Truth sheds light on relationship

  December 16, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: Recently, someone wrote in about their significant other lying to them about things that might make them angry and you suggested that they try to make telling the …

• Carolyn Hax: Brother chides sis about jobless son

  December 9, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Hi, Carolyn: Since he graduated from college four years ago, my son has been drifting among friends and family but mostly staying with his cousin and his wife. My son …

• Carolyn Hax: Their pain not due to your happiness

  December 2, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Hello, Carolyn: A few of my close friends have recently gone through difficult breakups; meanwhile, I’m newly in love after many years of being more-or-less-happily single. I’m trying to balance …

• Carolyn Hax: Starting to resent bad-luck wife

  November 18, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Hi, Carolyn: My wife is hunting for a new job and has been for two-plus years. She keeps getting close and then getting turned down after two or three rounds …

• Carolyn Hax: Wife badgers dad, sister long distance

  November 11, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: We live a long way from my wife’s father, who lives in his own home but who now needs assistance. We’ve been providing financial assistance to my wife’s …

• Carolyn Hax: Embrace concerns of ‘transition guy’

  November 4, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Hi, Carolyn: Two years ago my husband died of cancer. He was much older, and our marriage was never easy. Yet, I loved my husband, he loved me, and I …

• Carolyn Hax: Friend’s sharing undermines SIL

  October 21, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Hi, Carolyn: Two years ago, an acquaintance of mine – and friend of my sister-in-law, “Jane” – repeated to me Jane’s ventings about our family. Our family only thinks highly …

• Carolyn Hax: Help older son find his strengths

  October 14, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: My two sons, 13 and 9, love to play sports, with me and with each other, and I love that too. Despite being much younger and smaller, the …

• Carolyn Hax: Button pushing harms relationship

  October 7, 2012 in Features on Page D2 Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend of two and a half years loves to push my buttons. We are both incredibly stubborn, hate to be wrong/love to be right. About once a …

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