Carolyn Hax: Her family left all the kitchen work to her, so she went on strike
No one in her perfectly capable family helps with dinners, but now she feels like a “petulant child” for going on strike.
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By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: Is checking his phone the best way to prove he isn’t lying anymore?
Does sharing his passcode mean the letter writer’s boyfriend can now be trusted not to lie about talking to his exes?
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: Will his date think, ‘Oh, no, he still lives with his parents’?
He’s inviting his widower dad to move in for a while, and worries the woman he’s dating will get a co-dependent impression.
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: Mom wants to be close, but her constant criticisms say otherwise
A mother wants to be close to her child and grandchildren, but is “constantly critical of me, my appearance, my parenting.”
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: Mom’s boyfriend literally takes the back seat to her daughter
He’s stuck in the back seat when his single-mom girlfriend has her 12-year-old daughter in the car.
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We’ve rounded up the best Carolyn Hax columns about becoming an adult.
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By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiThe 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 KelatiThe 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 KelatiEmptying my late parents’ home is too hard. 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 KelatiCarolyn Hax: Can one spouse tell another to stop traveling so much for work?
Husband’s work travel has increased, and this letter writer is burned out from carrying home, business and kids solo.
By Carolyn HaxMy ex wants me back after marrying someone else. Hax readers give advice.
He said he wasn’t ready for marriage then showed up married to someone else six months later. Now, he’s asking the letter writer for another chance.
By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiCarolyn Hax: ‘Close’ friend kept daughter’s wedding a secret for almost a year
They speak often, yet this letter writer’s “close” friend kept her daughter’s wedding a secret for almost a year.
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: Parent worries ‘beautiful’ 4-year-old hears too much about looks
A parent worries that comments about 4-year-old’s beauty have already taught her to be overly focused on looks.
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: How to revive a friendship killed by a hostile text?
She ended their friendship out of the blue via text. Should this letter writer track her down to find out what’s going on?
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: Roommate’s boyfriend is a jerk to the cat. What to do?
Roommate’s boyfriend has been “extremely vocal and tiresome” about hating the resident cat — and his reactions are escalating.
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: Last therapist said cold-calling her office was ‘weird.’ Now what?
After a therapist’s rude response to a cold call, this letter writer isn’t sure how to find another provider.
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax chat: My cousin is telling people I’m excluding her ‘out of revenge’
Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life.
By Carolyn HaxCarolyn Hax: Does the ‘right’ reason to have kids actually exist?
Among all the bad reasons to have kids, is having them “because I wanted to” the actual worst?
By Carolyn HaxMy ex wants me back after marrying someone else. 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 KelatiCarolyn Hax: What will this parent do after the kids graduate and move out?
A parent isn’t sure what will fill the empty space after the teens launch, ending “carpools and youth sports and school.”
By Carolyn HaxI have a lot of enemies. Am I the problem? Hax readers give advice.
A reader has had “multiple” friend and family relationships end badly, and wonders if it it’s time to look inward.
By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiCarolyn Hax: Family requests that sibling’s crime stay a secret
The rest of the family, hoping to save face, wants the letter writer to lie about a sibling’s prison sentence.
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