CAROLYN HAX

He feels like he’s “failing as a husband” because he can’t be as affectionate as his wife wants him to be.

She just learned her son’s girlfriend is pregnant, and this would-be-grandma wants to encourage her to have the baby.

After strange doings next door, an elderly neighbor vanishes — then reappears angry and confused on their doorstep.

A letter writer with a demanding career downshifted to a “just fine” job with less stress but now envies more successful peers.

Every week, we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice to a question Carolyn Hax hasn’t answered.

The sister reappeared after his death — and brought blame, hostility and manipulation.

A letter writer connects the dots about knowing two members of a family independently — and that one is lying to the other.

Cheating ex asked letter writer not to tell his new fiancée about his infidelity — but the fiancée keeps texting.

He wants his fiancée to stick to gender roles just around his family, not in their own home, but she resents it.

His girlfriend ended things when he seemed smitten with another woman, but now she’s not so sure.

Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life.

Boyfriend overstays his welcome at social events so persistently and often that friends joke about it behind his back.

Every week, we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice to a question Carolyn Hax hasn’t answered.

Boyfriend chooses gifts centered on his own hobbies, and the letter writer wants to know whether to question him on this.

Is there an age-appropriate way to explain to a 5-year-old that his grandparents disowned his parent because they’re racist?

He gives his time to good causes, so she feels selfish for wanting to break up over spending so little time with her.