Carolyn Hax
Washington Post
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Carolyn:
Carolyn Hax: Is it bad for a kid in the long run when Mom and Dad don’t speak?
Dad had a bad breakup with the mom of his 9-year-old son, and now ignores her to keep the peace. Is this harming their child? → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Surprise! Friend shows up with a dog the recipient doesn’t want.
A letter writer said no to a dog, but a friend showed up with one anyway as a gift — and now won’t take it back. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: What can a parent do about daughter’s estrangement from grandma?
A grandma and granddaughter are estranged over grandma’s meddling, and it’s squeezing the generation between them. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Wife hates his scratchy beard. He’s starting to hate her negativity.
A letter writer doesn’t think he has to shave his beard just because his wife hates how scratchy it is. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Should she tell her husband that his brother made a pass at her?
A reader grapples with the aftermath of her newly separated brother-in-law’s sexual advances. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend worries his girlfriend’s stepdad is emotionally abusive
His girlfriend’s stepdad threatens to withhold financial support if she doesn’t do what he wants. Is this emotional abuse? → Read More
Carolyn Hax chat: My brother has been engaged to 3 women in 2 years
Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: She’s mad her ex is dating after they agreed to break up
They broke up and agreed to date other people, but she wasn't ready for her ex to embrace that idea so fully. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Distance complicates response to mom's cancer diagnosis
Long distances and strong personalities complicate a family's response to a mother's cancer diagnosis. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Grandma moves next door, sees chance to rewrite rules
A grandma sees moving next door to her grandkids as a beachhead to force change to her daughter-in-law's rules. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Trusting her taste after lifetime of dressing for others
A letter writer is eager to build trust in her own taste after dressing to please everyone. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: How aggressively to help a foundering, widowed friend?
Grieving friend is a physical and emotional mess. Can they step in to help her clean up? → Read More
Carolyn Hax: No sympathy card for stepmom after stepdaughter’s death
A letter-writer is hurt that her sister sent a sympathy card addressed just to her husband after her stepdaughter's death. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Holiday recipe? Kids get beds, single aunt gets couch.
Their holiday tradition is for the married sister and her children to get the guest bedrooms while the single sis gets the couch. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: The tough anniversary of discovering husband’s affair
On the anniversary of discovering husband’s affair, a letter-writer's "body and mind remember some really difficult things." → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Friend is lying about college graduation. Confront her?
Is it this letter-writer’s place to confront a friend who has lied about the fact that she's getting her degree? → Read More
Carolyn Hax: A favor between friends spirals into a complaint triangle
Letter writer feels stuck in the middle of a standoff between a favor-doing friend and an uncooperative partner. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Do motives matter in questioning friend’s uptight spouse?
A letter writer wonders if disliking a friend's husband makes it impossible to be supportive of their happiness. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Sibling demands toddler’s inclusion in child-free wedding
A letter writer faces pressure from family to allow sibling’s toddler to attend their child-free wedding. → Read More
Carolyn Hax: Spouse still rehashing the past after parent’s death
Spouse is in a regret loop over a parent's recent death, and the letter-writer doesn't know what to say. → Read More