Letter writer’s advantageous living arrangement with widowed mom now resides rent-free in dad’s and stepmom’s heads.

Letter writer wants to keep hosting the holidays, but the burden of doing it without help is becoming too much.

Dear Carolyn: I’ve been separated from my wife of 19 years and three kids for a few months. The separation stemmed from my infidelity, a mistake I made to run from my marital problems instead of to ...

Dear Carolyn: My adult brother is in rehab for the second time in two years. My mother is understandably upset and wants to talk about it every day. She is in her 70s and hasn’t told many of her ...

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax responds to a reader who is not sure how to respond to her “cruel” brother.

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax encourages a reader to compromise with her “wannabe influencer” travel companion ...

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Jan. 16, 2011. Dear Carolyn: I am an older woman, and not very mobile. I moved in with my son’s family following an injury. They have been very ...

My son and daughter-in-law are expecting twins, their first children together -- she has older children. My husband and I have enjoyed a warm and happy relationship with them and live nearby.

Q: I made the horrible mistake of developing a relationship with a parent of one of my child’s friends that ultimately led to me cheating on my boyfriend of two years. The affair lasted about two ...

Dear Carolyn: For the holidays this year, my mother was torn about her regular “gig” -- volunteering at a local community center serving as a “soup kitchen.” She has volunteered there for many years ...

Question: I am in the middle of a growing crisis in my extended family because of revelations from a DNA match. After getting my results, I was contacted by a woman looking for her biological family.

Dear Carolyn: My beautiful, funny, smart stepdaughter started high school this year. Like many kids, the pandemic was very hard on her. It exacerbated her feelings of awkwardness and being out of ...