Carolyn Hax

Four women who were close friends have to find a decent way to deal with one friend trying to trash another.

A woman wonders whether she has to sacrifice her professional identity for the sake of her future husband.

My wife’s parents promised to pay her student loans but instead left us in debt and ruined her credit.

Carolyn Hax advises a wife whose husband says that for now, he’d rather get a pet than try for a child.

A couple of friends are dating less-than-stellar people — a terrifying drunk and an inappropriate “lady.”

Wife seeks help on how to deal with her often-complaining husband.

Reader fibs to beau about using birth control, now faces life-changing pregnancy.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax takes your questions and tackles your problems.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.

Should she get a baby gift for her brother-in-law’s ex who just had his baby?

Woman says she is torn between two lovers — her husband and a guy she went with on a group camping trip.

Letter writer ponders hooking up with man who just broke up with her friend via text message.

Her husband had a marriage-ending affair. Should she break the news to the husband of the “other woman”?

A reader wonders if she’s doing wrong in staying away from a visiting couple whose marriage is troubled.

Private news about a breast cancer diagnosis is shared with an acquaintance.

Readers chat about a letter writer’s options after a breakup.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.

Mother is upset over in-law’s attitude, arguments on raising of infant.

A letter writer wants to ask how her friend’s fertility efforts are going, but she doesn’t know how.

Reader in 15-year affair hasn’t been able to “imagine” his life differently because he hasn’t actually wanted to.

A rape survivor wonders what to tell her colleagues about the leave of absence she is taking for therapy.

Such questions are normal — and here are some thoughts on how to be ready with answers.

She wonders how to explain their absences to her children.

A 5-year-old girl seems overly concerned with her appearance.

Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.

A middle-class guy dumped by his wealthy girlfriend wonders whether her father shaped her thinking.

A letter writer is concerned that her 21-year-old sister is dating a 30-year-old man.

An odd coincidence stirs a woman’s unpleasant memories — but may be a red flag to her potential partner.

A woman who is dating a friend’s ex wonders why she hasn’t seen the traits that led to the breakup.