A grandmother wants to bow out of public events because her big frame bothers her image-conscious daughter-in-law.

Letter writer under fertility pressure has a boyfriend who’s great with kids but seems like a “mediocre husband.” ...

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax thinks a reader and their friends should call it “even” when it comes to their daughter’s wedding.

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 ...

Dear Carolyn: My family is very lucky to live in a big house with a big front porch, backyard, and a second-floor back porch. My preteen daughter especially loves that back porch. In the summer she ...

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 ...

Dear Carolyn: My family had a mom/daughter group chat established to stay in touch. This became political during the Trump administration. Half our family supported Trump and the other half did not.

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax thinks a reader should let her boyfriend "go use Tinder all by himself." ...

How do I break the news to my friend that I have been seeing her (recent) ex-boyfriend? I’m prepared to lose the friendship, but I want to minimize how hurt she gets, if possible. I guess I’m thinking ...

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared March 13, 2011. Q: My boyfriend of seven years left me for a 20-year-old (we’re both 26). Throughout it all he has tried to be kind and reassuring to ...