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Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life.
- Sep 10, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: Burger-and-fry guy moves in with an adventurous, health-conscious cook
He greets any cooking outside his narrow preferences with "complaining and lack of enthusiasm."
- Aug 31, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: Husband with a new daughter struggles to ‘relate to a girl’
Her husband doesn't seem to like their new daughter as much as he likes their son, and makes fun of 'girly things.'
- Aug 30, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: What do you buy for the family that gives your gifts away?
There's no controlling a gift once given, but it's still frustrating to know a recipient is regifting things to strangers.
- Aug 29, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: Is it normal for a 2-year-old to be biting and hitting?
How do you handle discipline for a toddler?
- Aug 28, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: How to help a teenage daughter with a chaotic friend?
Teen's friend has an unstable household and a frustrating disregard for everyone else's plans.
- Aug 27, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: They’re in their 40s now, but one sister still says she’s the other’s ‘co-parent’
To get up in the other's business, one sibling goes (way) over the line.
- Aug 26, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: One wants to be active, one prefers watching TV. How do they reconcile that?
How to reconcile wanting more out of life when a spouse is content to stay home?
- Aug 25, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: What to do when you’re out of things to talk about with your spouse
When the silences start getting a little awkward, what do you talk to your spouse about?
- Aug 24, 2021
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Carolyn Hax: A domestic chore imbalance is revealed, remedied — and still stoking resentment
A couple's unfair division of labor prompts changes, and a question: How did this even happen?
- Aug 23, 2021


