Carolyn Hax
At 17, unattached and a little worried
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A top student who has no guys interested in her wonders: “What’s wrong with me?”
Must an upstairs neighbor watch her step?
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The heavy-footed upstairs neighbor is early to rise and walk. Is she being inconsiderate?
Carolyn Hax: Finding the courage to seek counseling
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An educated professional with a spouse and children wonders how to get help for self-esteem issues.
Carolyn Hax: Escaping addiction and abuse
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A woman has quit marijuana; her bullying husband hasn’t. The fights continue. Time for her to leave?
Mother feels she has to defend drifter son
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She wants to know who to get through holiday gatherings with her chin up.
Preventing a musty smell
Keeping air circulating helps minimize mustiness.
Garbage backup
A sprinkling of cat litter can keep garbage odors at bay.
Hints From Heloise: Messy college roommates
Readers chime in on techniques to get slobs to shape up.
Ex-spouse’s presence is reality new wife must learn to bear
Engaged couple are at odds over the presence of his first wife at their wedding.
Miss Manners: Unwanted gift can be donated to food pantry
The Gentle Reader has come to dread the yearly holiday bestowal of panettone by a friend.
Miss Manners: Post trumps e-mail with Christmas letters
Sorry, e-mailers; it’s just not the same.
Corsage sends wrong signal for widower’s first date
A lady is more likely to be frightened than thrilled by a first-date corsage.
Miss Manners: Financial advice should come from expert outside family
Miss Manners applauds the urge to help a relative in financial distress, but suggests the reader bring in a pro.
Helicopter parents hover over daughter’s trip
Their daughter, 20, wants to visit her beau 11 hours away after the holidays. Amy says: Let her!
Ask Amy: When in doubt, review the ‘game film’
She’s been accused of using a nasty tone to express her anger. Amy gives her a game plan.
Date, but dodge financial mismatch
She’s been urged to get serious with her fun-loving boyfriend, but she worries about his spending habits.
Animal Doctor
Preventive care can reduce the need for cleaning teeth under anesthesia; vet puts dog at risk unnecessarily
Treat dog’s pancreatitis with a low-fat diet
Pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory condition that might be triggered when dogs are on a diet high in fats.
Animal Doctor: How to avoid claw-legged couches
Training cats to use a scratch post; concerns about pet toys from China; monitoring a lump on a dog.
@Work Advice
@Work Advice columnist Karla Miller (DEB LINDSEY/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)
@Work Advice: Fiscal cliff notes
How to prepare for layoffs and related hazards.
Family Almanac
Same garments, same arguments
The cranky child who wants to wear the same clothes every day.
Christmas’s can’t-misses
The books, games, toys and puzzles that kids will love.
Raising a responsible child
Should a 10-year old be allowed to be at home alone for 45 minutes after school?
Lincoln as an imperfect father
The recent movie depicts the 16th president as a conflicted, inconsistent parent — just like the rest of us.
Readers react to what skills should be taught in school
Parents and teachers weigh in on whether schools or parents are responsible for teaching real-life skills.
Momspeak: Lamenting what schools don’t teach
Skills needed to live in the real world often aren’t part of the curriculum.
Date Lab
Do daters know themselves as well as they think they do?
We gave her three choices to see if she knows her match better than we do.
Poll: Which bachelor should Claire have chosen?
We asked Claire to make her own match. Which bachelor would you have paired her with?
In the end, she’s not coy about rating this date
DATE LAB | Perfectly pleasant people have a perfectly pleasant evening.
Date Lab: It’s, like, that one with that girl and the bro-bro
There are not enough exclamation points.
Carolyn Hax Live: Advice columnist tackles your problems (Friday, December 14)
Advice Columnist Carolyn Hax takes your questions and tackles your problems.
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