“Trust isn’t about having a spotless record and finding someone else who does. It’s about finding someone good-hearted enough not to hurt you on purpose, and knowing you’ll recover and carry on when pain inevitably comes.” — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Being negative is easy. There will always be a downside to everything good, a hurdle to everything desirable, a con to every pro. The… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share
First group impressions can mask a lot of individual variations in the members. — Carolyn Hax Copy Share
