Letter writer is second-guessing some responses after a friend wedged herself into their planned outing uninvited.

Divorced friend shows no interest in dating, yet happily married letter writer envisions him “with the right person.” ...

Dear Carolyn: Any tips for when your spouse reasonably informs you he is afraid you're spending all your emotional and organization energy on the kids? My husband just told me this. And it's true I ...

Hi, Carolyn: My overbearing sister-in-law just moved her son's birthday party to a week later. When we originally talked a month ago, I asked when it was planned and said great, because my son will be ...

Hi Carolyn: I was making small talk at a work function when a woman asked if I had children. I said no. She expressed pity that I hadn’t experienced life’s greatest joy and said she couldn’t ...

I have a very well-paying job that I don't hate, but I'm SO bored and unmotivated. I've built a life around this salary (mortgage, car, vacation, etc.), but I keep wondering if I settled too quickly ...

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Feb. 18, 2011. Q: I am planning a wedding. My parents are not working, and I have felt I would be paying for my own wedding for a while. I’m a ...

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.

I baby-sit my 2-year-old granddaughter at her house one day a week while my daughter works from home. Their living room floor is always filled with toys and books. Nothing ever is put away. It was ...