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

Wife won’t stop posting the family’s tantrums, vomit and in-law beefs to social media, insisting it’s “her life, her right.” ...

Letter writer always thought she would be a lawyer like dad — but didn’t foresee the disdain for switching to a science PhD.

Letter writer and husband disagree on value of correcting each other while explaining things within their kid’s attention ...

Letter writer finds visits to assisted living tedious and “really hard” as mom struggles to hold a conversation.

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Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Jan. 15, 2010, and Sept. 2, 2009. Dear Carolyn: Both of our sons came home for Thanksgiving with their families. We put up our older son and his ...

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Nov. 11, 2009. Dear Carolyn: I recently started dating somebody new who is considerably taller than I (I’m a guy). It’s not news to me that I ...

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