Carolyn Hax
Carolyn Hax: Can the guilt card be played?
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Her sister won't come to a wedding across the country.
Carolyn Hax: The gray reality of marriage post-affair
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A wife must accept a certain level of uncertainty after her husband’s infidelity — if she stays married.
Carolyn Hax: Knowing when you’re ready to date again
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A woman getting over being dumped wants to date again — but wonders how she’ll know she is ready for it.
Carolyn Hax: Readers weigh in on Googling your date
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Some say it’s fine to check out people online before dating them. Others think it’s a creepy invasion of privacy.
Carolyn Hax: A promising guy and a dark Google revelation
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A guy she started dating mentioned his “difficult family.” Google shows “difficult” means “murder trial.”
Hints From Heloise: Covered plate may tempt fate
It’s illegal to alter or cover up information on a license plate in many states.
Hints From Heloise: Give thanks for these hints
Heloise talks turkey.
Hints From Heloise: Lean on meat
A reader wonders why you can sometimes see white flecks in ground beef labeled “lean.”
Miss Manners: Silver serving pieces perform multiple roles
Is the Gentle Reader’s silver utensil meant for cranberry sauce? Cucumbers? Jelly?
Miss Manners: A family business best left undiscussed
Her in-laws are engaged in a questionable business, and she’d like business chatter off the table.
Miss Manners: Jump right in during holiday conversations
A single aunt and her mother find it difficult to chat with the rest of the family during the holidays.
Miss Manners: Mixed signals on couple’s first date
A reader wonders why the man who asked him out to dinner didn’t pay.
Miss Manners: Keep your shirt on, please
He claims not to have an “offensive” body, so why does his girlfriend insist he wear a shirt around others?
Ask Amy: Remote mother mourns the family connection
She has a good relationship with her daughters and grandkids, but they live 2,300 miles away.
Ask Amy: Transgender neighbor wants gal pal
They’ve liked their neighbor in all her incarnations, but lately she seems to need more from them.
Ask Amy: Neglectful neighbor shouldn’t have pets
Their next-door neighbor leaves often, leaving her poor dog and cats to fend for themselves.
Animal Doctor: Dogs, too, can be wartime heroes
A wife wants a dog’s ashes interred with war veteran at Arlington National Cemetery.
Hungry dachshund may have diabetes or kidney disease
She might be developing arthritis or spondylosis of the back.
Animal Doctor: Breaking bad behavior in cats
Advice for cat owners learning the ropes; persistent ear infections; cats misbehave while their owner is away.
@Work Advice
@Work Advice columnist Karla Miller (DEB LINDSEY/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
Occupational hazard?
This is the first of two columns about how to handle unnverving co-workers.
Family Almanac
Marguerite Kelly’s gift guide for kids
So many holidays jammed together this year might make it hard to buy. But Marguerite Kelly has ideas.
How to teach your son to do it all in the potty
Her son has one major problem with potty training. Marguerite Kelly advises how to fix the problem.
Want to stay in touch with ex’s dysfunctional family
They may have moved on, but she wants to keep in touch with her ex husband’s nieces and nephews.
Momspeak
Note to parents: It doesn’t get easier, ever
MOMSPEAK | In hoping the next stage of parenthood will be better, parents can miss the point of childhood.
When cheating on homework is okay
Harvard survey finds 42 percent of kids cheated on homework. What’s the big deal?
Date Lab
For an Italian, a warm welcome to America
His name is Fabio and he’s helping teach her words in Italian. Perfetto!
Tom Sietsema picks the dates and the restaurant
Does the food critic have a future in matchmaking?
They chitchat about the past
But is there a future?
A language teacher meets a researcher
Will their date be all academic?
They’re attracted, but will politics get in the way?
She’s a bleeding-heart liberal; he’s middle-of-the-road
Advice from Slate's 'Dear Prudence'
Live discussion with Slate advice columnist Dear Prudence, a.k.a. Emily Yoffe.
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