Carolyn Hax
Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend’s outgoing personality unnerves introvert
A social experiment could help determine if a couple moving at different speeds are compatible.
Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend needs a shock to his value system
Comics page
A controlling and presumptuous nature and his overbearing mother are red flags a woman can do without.
Carolyn Hax: Spouse’s disengagement during pregnancy is disconcerting
(Nick Galifianakis for The Washington Post)
A woman might need to consider counseling when her husband loses interest while she’s expecting.
Carolyn Hax: How can I deal with my overstepping mother-in-law?
Comics page
A woman’s discomfort reaches the threshold. Is avoidance the only way to keep her marriage on track?
Carolyn Hax: Her victory over his inbox still leaves her hollow
Hax
Her boyfriend reached out to an ex. But her crackdown left her with no reassurances of trust to show for it.
Civilities
Civilities: Why can you fly the rainbow flag but I can’t fly the Confederate flag?
Steven Petrow explains why the two flags elicit different responses.
Civilities: Is it time to include ‘Mx.’ in the mix with ‘Ms.’ and ‘Mr.’?
Steven Petrow gives tips on how to address people who prefer to stay on gender-neutral terms.
Civilities: A lesbian mom asks: How do I stop our Catholic bishop from insulting my family?
Steven Petrow advises that “suck it up” is not the right answer.
Hints from Heloise
Hints From Heloise: Two travel without doubling up
Mother-daughter duo packs as a team.
Hints From Heloise: Upside-down medication method?
Heloise politely disagrees with a reader’s suggestion for keeping track of medication.
Hints From Heloise: Avocados done right
Tips on buying and storing the green goodness that is the avocado.
Animal Doctor
Animal Doctor: No easy solution when cats take over a yard
Free-roaming cats create many problems; cats on a leash; poisonous plants; a cat’s averse reaction to rain.
Ask Amy
Ask Amy: Should she choose Guy A or Guy B?
Amy makes it clear that Option C, Neither, is the only healthy choice.
Ask Amy: An ingrate abroad
Who’s worse: The ungrateful couch surfer or the tour guide/host who’s badgering for a five-star review?
Ask Amy: Old grievance brings on Big Chill
An estranged friend is throwing a 50th birthday party. Time to bury the hatchet?
Miss Manners
Miss Manners: Charitable gift brings no pleasure to honoree
One couple donates to a charity in the reader’s name — an anti-gay charity, and the reader is gay.
Miss Manners: Teen girl in suit is not violating dress code
Why does the Gentle Reader believe that female suit-wearing equates with gender preference?
Miss Manners: There’s no point in hiding a gift card’s amount
The gentility of concealing the price of a gift does not extend to gift cards.
Miss Manners: Blushing does not require an explanation
To the question ‘Why is your face so red?,’ the Gentle Reader need only reply ‘You’re embarrassing me.’
@Work Advice columnist Karla Miller (DEB LINDSEY/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
Work Advice: Leave issues should not be left unturned
Vacation and sick pay problems include when to use the days and being asked to pay them back.
Family Almanac
A few final thoughts from Marguerite Kelly
The parenting columnist offers her best advice after 35 years of writing.
When co-sleeping leads to commotion
FAMILY ALMANAC | Two boys, 4 and 9, enjoy co-sleeping, but it can cause commotion.
Help! My teen son is driving me crazy
Her 14-year-old doesn’t listen and Marguerite Kelly advises how to handle it.
Meghan Leahy
What to do when a toddler lies
How to teach an almost 3-year-old the importance of telling the truth.
On Parenting: Meghan Leahy, Amy Joyce take questions about parenting
Join us at 11 a.m. to talk all things parenting.
On Parenting: Meghan Leahy, Amy Joyce take questions about parenting
Join us at 11 a.m. to talk all things parenting.
On Parenting: Meghan Leahy, Amy Joyce take questions about parenting
Join us at 11 a.m. to talk all things parenting.
When your 5-year-old asks about the F-word
Don’t overthink it, tell the truth, and don’t make it taboo (because then you will never stop hearing it).
Date Lab
Date Lab: These two even match up on the Myers-Briggs personality test
Is having so much in common a good thing when it comes to romance?
A little seasoned straight talk adds plenty of spice to their dinner
Francine and Michael are at similar points in life, and seemed to have fun. But love and war and all that ...
Date Lab: Alpha male meets Sarah from Seattle
He is a zealot about running. Can she keep up with him?
Date Lab: These tall redheads don’t exactly see eye-to-eye
For one of them, a couple of deal-breakers presented themselves.
Date Lab: Who needs chemistry if you have stimulating conversation?
Two introverts find they have a lot to talk about together.
A Carolyn-less Carolyn Hax Live (Aug 14)
Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax took your questions and tackled your problems.
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