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HEADLINES How to make your home inviting to a date Could a few changes to your living space help you land the perfect mate? Good decorating can't... "I'm so excited. The Tigers are about to open spring training.

LATEST HEADLINES How to make your home inviting to a date Could a few changes to your living space help you land the perfect mate? Good decorating can't... "I'm so excited. The Tigers are about to open spring training.

Hax Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of “relationship cartoonist” Nick Galifianakis. She is the author of “Tell Me About It” (Miramax, 2001), and the host a live online...

LATEST HEADLINES How to make your home inviting to a date Could a few changes to your living space help you land the perfect mate? Good decorating can't... "I'm so excited. The Tigers are about to open spring training.

But the thing is ... it keeps happening. I'm starting to feel a bit tired of it. But I love talking to her when we're not arguing! Any thoughts? Dear Too Much: Stop conducting your part of the argument and see what happens. This is part thought...

An October 2012 wedding was planned, venue booked, and Dad and Mom gave a very generous gift as an offset to their expenses and honeymoon. Our son has since announced that the couple will “elope” three months from now because there are unknown problems...

An October wedding was planned, a venue booked, and Dad and Mom gave a very generous gift as an offset to their expenses and honeymoon. Our son has since announced the couple will "elope" three months from now because there are unknown problems on her...

Carolyn: Our wonderful son, 27, became engaged in June. An October 2012 wedding was planned, a venue booked, and Dad and Mom gave a very generous gift to offset their expenses and honeymoon. Our son has since announced they will "elope" three months...

Carolyn: My boyfriend of two years and I are moving in together. We are both 30. This has been a wonderful relationship with very few disagreements. My one big concern is that he looks at porn. He is very secretive about it, but I have walked in on him...

And, seriously, sympathy for your mom? Really? You don't have to set fire to your relationship with her, but you also don't have to torch your integrity to pander to her. You're in the rare position of knowing she betrayed your dad, and not vice versa.

Our wonderful son, 27, became engaged in June. An October 2012 wedding was planned, a venue booked, and Dad and Mom gave a very generous gift as an offset to their expenses and honeymoon. Our son has since announced the couple will "elope" three months...

Hax Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997 as a weekly feature for The Washington Post, accompanied by the work of “relationship cartoonist” Nick Galifianakis. She is the author of “Tell Me About It” (Miramax, 2001), and the host a live online...

Carolyn Hax, Washington Post Carolyn Hax Washington Post Writers Group In Print: Monday, February 20, 2012 Adapted from a recent online discussion. Carefully asked question may help husband avoid lying Q: What do I tell my wife when she says (almost...

Carolyn Hax, Washington Post Carolyn Hax Washington Post Writers Group In Print: Sunday, February 19, 2012 Stay away! Let son, fiancee elope without interruption Q: Our wonderful son, 27, became engaged in June. An October 2012 wedding was planned, a...

Carolyn Hax, Washington Post Carolyn Hax Washington Post Writers Group In Print: Saturday, February 18, 2012 Adapted from a recent online discussion. Don't let wishful thinking leave you feeling used Q: Been seeing this same guy going on two years. He...

I have a long-standing crush on a co-worker. He would even say I had an emotional affair of sorts with him: I would do really fun things with him and not tell my boyfriend, or even lie to him about what I was doing. Email Carolyn at tellmewashpost.com,...

I have a long-standing crush on a co-worker. He would even say I had an emotional affair of sorts with him: I would do really fun things with him and not tell my boyfriend, or even lie to him about what I was doing. Eventually I broke up with Boyfriend,...

For some, the separation is the culmination of hard emotional work, not the beginning of it. If you believe it's morally wrong to date someone who is separated, then I won't try to talk you out of it. But if your only concern is the volatility of...