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.

By Carolyn HaxApril 30, 2024

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

By Carolyn HaxMay 3, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 29, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 28, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 27, 2024

Carolyn 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.

By Carolyn HaxApril 26, 2024

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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 KelatiAugust 17, 2023

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

Emptying 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 KelatiApril 25, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 25, 2024

My 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 KelatiApril 24, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 24, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 23, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 22, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 21, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 20, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 19, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 19, 2024

My 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 KelatiApril 18, 2024

Carolyn 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 HaxApril 18, 2024

I 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 KelatiApril 17, 2024

Carolyn 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.

By Carolyn HaxApril 17, 2024