Carolyn Hax
Carolyn Hax: Boor’s words really speak volumes about her
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Reader fumes over “classless coward” who made derogatory comment about relative.
Carolyn Hax: Lessons in dealing with ‘bullying’
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Parent seeks help for harried second-grade son.
Carolyn Hax: Taking the wrong step over in-law’s request
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Reader oversteps boundaries with sister-in-law.
Carolyn Hax: When Mom is maneuvering to avoid hubby
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A woman who has been married for about a year senses her mother is angling for her time, sans husband.
Carolyn Hax: A daughter who smokes? Time to butt out.
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Parents who have seen the toll of cigarettes discover with dismay that their college-age daughter smokes.
Civilities Chat: ‘Why do so many lesbians wear men’s clothes?’
Yes, there are lesbians who sometimes dress in a more masculine (i.e. ‘butch’.) fashion. At the same time, I think a great many straight women also wear “men’s clothes.”
Civilities Chat: Gay wedding showers at work?
If an office manager is going to hold wedding and baby showers for opposite sex couples then it’s only right to do the same for everyone else.
Transgender etiquette 101
It’s always respectful to refer to people in the way that they identify and the best way to do that is to listen.
Hints From Heloise: Fun with folders
A reader asks for a refresher on how to create a folder on a computer.
Hints From Heloise: Carbon monoxide’s sneak attack
A reader’s frightening symptoms were misdiagnosed until doctors did a blood-gas test.
Hints From Heloise: Frozen eggs are a shell game
For safety’s sake, remove the shells before freezing eggs.
Animal Doctor: Welcome to the menagerie, baby
Newborns and pets; pancreatic insufficiency in dogs; feline kidney failure is common; neutering rabbits.
Animal Doctor: A lot of crazy from one small cat
A cat’s erratic behavior; dog’s fur changes; oral flea killer; natural diet is better for dogs; cat lives amid chaos.
Animal Doctor: When fur flies between cats and dogs
How to get dogs and cats to share living space; beware of deer mites; concerns about using a car harness.
Ask Amy: Man has trouble coming out to mom
He’s afraid to lose their closeness, but he fears that her religion will make it impossible for her to accept him.
Ask Amy: Peer pressure to marry confounds young adult
A woman in her mid-20s in a happy relationship wonders why all her peers are rushing to the altar.
Ask Amy: Trying times call for trial separation
Her son has ADHD, and her husband deals with his anxieties by creating extreme chaos. She’s at wits’ end.
Miss Manners: Fishing for an invite requires the right bait
One must never ask directly, but there are ways to set the stage for an invitation to be forthcoming.
Miss Manners: Online sympathy may come off as insincere
A Gentle Reader wonders whether “Like” is the proper response to a Facebook post on a sad matter.
Miss Manners: Graduation cake is to be eaten, not reserved
A hostess finds out the hard way why cakes are meant to be eaten, not displayed as mere centerpieces.
Miss Manners: Souvenirs from ex better left unworn
There’s little good and much that’s not in the Gentle Reader informing her beau she’s wearing her ex’s sweats.
Miss Manners: Online game players at a disadvantage
Players are robbed of the usual clues about motivation and conduct, but even online, it pays to play nice.
Advice from Slate's 'Dear Prudence'
Live discussion with Slate advice columnist Dear Prudence, a.k.a. Emily Yoffe.
@Work Advice columnist Karla Miller (DEB LINDSEY/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
@Work Advice: The delicacy of disclosing a disability
Being upfront and matter-of-fact during the application process is the best course of action.
Family Almanac
Mom worried about adoptive daughter’s biological family
Marguerite Kelly advises a woman who is worried about her adoptive daughter’s biological family.
What to do for a child with night terrors
Her grandson has night terrors and she and her daughter don’t know what to do.
The essence of sensory processing disorder
It could be why a high school junior refuses to take showers.
Momspeak
The looming empty nest
Ordinary events remind writer that one stage of motherhood is coming to an end.
Even kids know that guns are a public health issue
With surgeon general debate, adults run the risk of alienating those they are trying to protect
Cutting the writing section from the SAT is just plain dumb
No skill should be more valued that being able to translate your thoughts clearly into writing
How mothers can have joy and fun
Olympian mom shows that parenthood doesn’t need to be a zero-sun game.
Senioritis is very rarely fatal
Despite dire warnings and parental angst, few students lose their acceptances to senioritis.
Date Lab
What happens when his mother picks his date?
Date Lab had his mother pick one of four women for him. How’d that evening go?
A bottle of wine, salsa dancing and....more?
She gave him her number and he gave her a hug.
Some couples are meant to be (but maybe not this one)
This date didn’t begin well, and it went downhill from there.
It might have gone differently if they both wanted dessert
She’s searching for a romantic artist, but she finds a spreadsheet-lover.
With a name like Love, he could be the one
Being “very tall” and “handsome” probably doesn’t hurt, either.
Advice from Slate's 'Dear Prudence'
Live discussion with Slate advice columnist Dear Prudence, a.k.a. Emily Yoffe.
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