Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Feb. 18, 2011. Dear Carolyn: 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.

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Nov. 18, 2009. Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend’s mom recently sent him a book about tips for a successful marriage. Our first reaction was to have a good ...

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Nov. 14, 2010. Q: Is it so crazy to give your child the ultimatum that, indeed, she may marry at any time but we, as her parents, will not pay for the ...

Dear Carolyn: I’ve been separated from my wife of 19 years and three kids for a few months. The separation stemmed from my infidelity, a mistake I made to run from my marital problems instead of to ...

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax encourages a grandma to learn the importance of setting limits. List of ...

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax tells a reader not to take it personally when their friends complain about young ...

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Jan. 16, 2011. Dear Carolyn: I am an older woman, and not very mobile. I moved in with my son’s family following an injury. They have been very ...

Dear Carolyn: One of my best friends committed suicide two years ago, devastating both me and our group of friends. It’s been an incredibly hard healing process. In the immediate aftermath, another ...

Dear Carolyn: I have a husband, a job, an apartment, all the things I thought I needed. Yet I still feel there is a "something else" out there. But I don't know if that is a new place, people, gig, ...

While I'm away, readers give the advice. On the demise of the big family-holiday tradition: Advertisement Article continues below this ad I had a large family. My mother welcomed everyone, very ...

Recently the Herald has replaced the Carolyn Hax column with Dear Abby. This is very disappointing as Hax has always given excellent, well-thought-out, creative and thorough opinions which often make ...