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Carolyn Hax: Spouse feels left out of mother-in-law’s dying wishes

Dying mother-in-law is allowing only certain visitors, and this letter writer fears it will strain their blended family.

By Carolyn HaxDecember 3, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Take money from husband’s rich family to join huge, luxury reunion?

A letter writer balks at accepting money to attend husband’s large family reunion, but he sees it as a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

By Carolyn HaxDecember 2, 2024
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My wife wants more affection than I can give. Hax readers give advice.

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

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiDecember 1, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: She wants to encourage son’s girlfriend to continue her pregnancy

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

By Carolyn HaxDecember 1, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Elderly neighbor shows up in distress on their doorstep

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 30, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Husband’s inability to stand up to parents isn’t okay anymore

A letter writer struggles to cope with a growing dislike of the in-laws and the husband catering to their whims.

By Carolyn HaxNovember 29, 2024

The Best of Carolyn Hax

The best Carolyn Hax columns about estrangement

A roundup of the best Carolyn Hax advice about estrangement.

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiNovember 15, 2023

The best Carolyn Hax columns about becoming an adult

We’ve rounded up the best Carolyn Hax columns about becoming an adult.

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiOctober 9, 2023

The best Carolyn Hax columns about going on vacation

The best Carolyn Hax columns about going on vacation.

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiJune 3, 2024

The best Carolyn Hax columns about in-laws

A roundup of the best Carolyn Hax columns about in-laws from over the years.

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiJune 27, 2023

The best Carolyn Hax wedding columns

Getting through being a bridesmaid with a broken heart, being invited to your ex's wedding, fielding parents' emotions about planning, and other wedding problems.

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiMay 15, 2023
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Carolyn Hax: New job took care of the burnout. So why doesn’t it feel better?

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 28, 2024

Husband’s lax handwashing triggers my OCD. Give advice to this Hax question.

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

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiNovember 27, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Widow doesn’t want husband’s estranged sister at memorial service

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 27, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Colleague stumbles into the middle of a family secret

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 26, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: A cheater’s new fiancée wants to hear his ex’s side of the story

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 25, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: He wants his fiancée to ‘go along’ with his family’s gender roles

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 24, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Obvious reason for breakup doesn’t seem so in anxious retrospect

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 23, 2024

Carolyn Hax chat: Husband’s daughter doesn’t like me and is skipping the holidays

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 22, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend is the guest at the party who won’t take a hint and leave

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 22, 2024

My wife wants more affection than I can give. Give advice to this Hax question.

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

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiNovember 21, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend gives gifts that he would like for himself

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 21, 2024
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Family shuns my interracial marriage. Do I tell our kid? Hax readers give advice.

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

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiNovember 20, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: He’s a great boyfriend, the one night a week he’s free

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

By Carolyn HaxNovember 20, 2024
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Carolyn Hax: Do they apologize for mocking in-law’s ‘weird’ Thanksgiving meal?

Their son is cooking Thanksgiving this year. Is that because, when his wife made a gourmet version, they mocked it as “weird”?

By Carolyn HaxNovember 19, 2024