- Perspective
A first love at age 32 comes with newness, intimacy and fear that "intense vulnerability" is "going to drive him away."
A first love at age 32 comes with newness, intimacy and fear that "intense vulnerability" is "going to drive him away."
Reader’s partner is a successful author who hasn’t been able to follow through on another book.
Reader’s sister-in-law invited more guests than the venue can accommodate, including people from out of town.
Carolyn Hax readers give advice to a letter-writer who needs help setting some boundaries with a "control freak" mother-in-law.
A daughter finds out her grandfather was abusive to her mom growing up, and now the daughter is refusing to visit him.
Is it okay to ask a person who is wearing recording technology around you to stop?
A reader doesn’t speak to her mother because of past behavior but is now pregnant with her first child and wonders if she should tell her.
After a “bombed” job interview and then “wallowing in self-hatred,” a job seeker wants to know how to overcome severe anxiety in interviews.
Reader wants to properly thank those who looked after their mother because they and their siblings lived too far away.
Reader thinks and dreams about their first love so often they want to reach out to them again – even though they’re both married.
The couple could afford the expensive birthday dinner with friends, but declared it "too expensive for the expected enjoyment."
Reader is shocked after their husband of 46 years asks for a divorce.
Reader wants to celebrate their son’s high school graduation, but not with a party.
Soliciting scrapbook photos for her ailing spouse, a wife is furious to receive snapshots of high school parties and an ex-girlfriend.
Reader forgave their husband for cheating years ago. Now that he's dead, they struggle with whether to tell their adult children about it.
A woman wonders whether to share mementos of her late ex-husband with her former stepchildren, who have been out of touch for years.
Reader’s coworker asks them and others questions that are too personal for the workplace.
A college roommate's volatile moods have made their home tense. How to cope when moving isn’t an option?
Reader’s puppy will pick up trash and then drop them while on walks. Is the reader now responsible for disposing of that trash?