Carolyn Hax

Washington, D.C.

Advice columnist

Education: Harvard University, BA in history and literature

Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997, after five years as a copy editor and news editor in Style and none as a therapist. The column includes cartoons by “relationship cartoonist” Nick Galifianakis — Carolyn's ex-husband — and appears in over 200 newspapers. Besides the daily column, Carolyn has a weekly live online discussion (noon Fridays). She is on Twitter, @carolynhax, and Facebook. Here are
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Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life.

March 18, 2022

Carolyn Hax: Can they find the right chore balance during boyfriend’s busy season?

A couple is moving in together just as one of them hits his busy season at work, and the other fears the precedent of getting stuck with all the chores.

March 15, 2022

Carolyn Hax: Husband gets defensive when his spouse asks him to stop ‘tickle-torturing’ son

Husband gets defensive when his spouse asks him to stop the "tickle torture" and respect their son's body autonomy.

March 14, 2022

Carolyn Hax: Fiance ‘does everything’ for her except erase her relationship doubts

Is she being ungrateful for her relationship, when her fiance is “the giver” and she is “the receiver”?

March 13, 2022

Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend acts ‘fake’ and ‘attention-greedy’ around other people

They're talking engagement, but there's something about her that "drives me nuts."

March 12, 2022

Carolyn Hax: Husband spent New Year’s Eve with co-workers, instead of sick spouse

Husband made New Year’s Eve plans with some work friends. Spouse was feeling ill and told him to go solo — and now is angry he actually did.

March 11, 2022

Carolyn Hax: How do a couple in a relationship not get sick of each other?

A writer contemplating life commitment finds it "just hard to fathom" that couples don't bore each other.

March 10, 2022

I’m the end of my family line. What do I do with our heirlooms? Carolyn Hax readers give advice.

Carolyn Hax readers give advice about what to do with sentimental family belongings when you are the end of your family line.

March 9, 2022

Carolyn Hax: Ex-wife uses daughters as go-betweens in disagreements

Ex-wife keeps trying to use their daughters as go-betweens in difficult conversations, no matter how many times her ex asks her to stop.

March 9, 2022

Carolyn Hax: Four years into the affair, it’s apparently time to decide what to do

Love and obligation or "so much in common"? A writer is torn between a 30-year-marriage and a four-year affair.

March 8, 2022