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Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax tells a reader that “rude” behavior on an airplane can be a “great screening of compatibility.” ...

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.

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax thinks a writer’s mom has “serious problems” after she intentionally poisoned his girlfriend.

Q: I am in my third trimester with twins, and they will be the first grandchildren on both sides. Needless to say, our mothers are foaming at the mouth to meet these kiddos. They both live halfway ...

Adapted from an online discussion. Carolyn: I have an older sister, “Amy,” who was prettier and more outgoing than I was, so I kind of lived in her shadow, but I adored her and she was always ...

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

Q: My husband and I are in our early 40s and are happily child-free. We are both professionally successful; we have a large, meticulously appointed home and backyard with a pool; and we have two l ...

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

A roundup of the best columns from advice columnist Carolyn Hax about retirement.