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

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 ...

Dear Carolyn, My 20-something daughter is overweight. Doesn’t eat right or exercise. Will NOT discuss. But, if we go shopping together, her physical self-loathing is so evident a person could ...

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 ...

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax says the "coolest thing about love" is "embracing people in their entirety." ...

Adapted from online discussions, here and here. Dear Carolyn: I put down my beloved 13-year-old dog two days ago. I’m so gutted — not just from losing her, but now I’m second-guessing every decision.

Q: My mother-in-law, “Margo,” does not like the way her son and I parent our kids. It’s not the typical bad situation where there are confrontations or petty snipes; happily, she is 100% nice, ...

Q: My boyfriend moved in with me last summer. I thought we both wanted it, but, in hindsight, I think he may have been trying to give me a feeling of relationship progress without making the big leap ...

Adapted from a recent online discussion. I'm a middle-aged woman living with my partner for the past seven years. He moved to my city and built a new business from scratch. In the beginning, I paid ...

Dear Carolyn: Our adult son finished college months ago, but he's showing few signs of doing anything with himself. He's an able adult, but on most days he sits around... October 23, 2018 at 2:48 a.m.