I have no quarrel with people who lack the skill or temperament to care for small children. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
The most reliable ways to make oneself miserable are attempting to change people and not attempting to change circumstances. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
We all make deals with ourselves when it comes to the difficult people in our lives. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
I'm sure there are people who can toggle quickly from all-in caregiving to structured socializing, but I can't think of any offhand. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
For some people, the better route for finding like-minded parents is just to get out of your house with your baby and… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
You can't make people like you under the best of circumstances, and you certainly can't make them like you while you're actively… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
I think a person who arranges the event and orders the food also picks up the check - even the birthday person,… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
The sudden death of a partner while expecting a child is so universally understood as awful that I don't think anyone with… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
When you are stuck in a group of people who merely trade turns at talking about themselves instead of actually conversing, it… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
I realize that people fly with small children all the time, and that babies are easier in some ways because all they… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
There has been, for some reason (or more likely an unfortunate accumulation of reasons) a trend over the past several decades for… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
I actually recommend as little actual counting as possible in a life partnership. But, when there's a sense of injustice brewing between you, some… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
There has been, for some reason (or more likely an unfortunate accumulation of reasons) a trend over the past several decades for parents to… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
It takes awareness that it's not only not a bad thing to let others do things their own way, it is in fact an… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
The sudden death of a partner while expecting a child is so universally understood as awful that I don't think anyone with any other… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
All of us assign different values to things, and not all of those values are going to line up with others'. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Don't freight your answers with any notions of what you're "supposed" to do, and just see where your feelings point you. It can feel… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
