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
If you're not sure what you want, then hold back from making plans or responding to invitations until you have a chance… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Waiting for someone to propose to you only passes the "Really, it's tradition!" sniff test when both of you think it's the… — 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
I think we'd all hate to be the one who gets declared undateable by one's entire grad-school population based on a couple… — 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
There is a connection between environment and stress on both ends, with excessive clutter and excessive attention to detail both holding the… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
And if you're a parent who thinks you're okay because your kid doesn't have a phone or iPod yet, and/or you've used… — 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… — 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
