Ex-husband might no-show son’s “engagement party” — surprise wedding — if the letter writer doesn’t let him in on the secret.

Couple have a large home, a pool and no children. The parents in their orbit assume this means they’re open for babysitting.

Boyfriend refuses to believe the letter writer’s relationship with her lifelong, male best friend is strictly platonic.

Every week, we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice to a question Carolyn Hax hasn’t ...

A letter writer and her husband disagree on charging their daughter rent after footing the bill for her master’s degree.

Judging from letters to advice columnist Carolyn Hax, this monumental change is one people both dread and work their whole ...

Late sister’s widower has started dating years after her death, and the letter writer is “embarrassed” by family’s icy ...

As daughter plans an event to introduce everyone to her much-older boyfriend, her parent thinks just her friends should be ...

Letter writer acts out explosively, blames resentment on wife who won’t “work harder to make me feel like a priority.” ...

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Dear Carolyn: My brother has been engaged and then un-engaged twice within the past few years. Both times, he was the one who ...

She asks friends to cover her for nights out she can’t afford, and now plans cosmetic surgery with her savings.