Dear Carolyn: My beautiful, thoughtful daughter is getting married later this year. She is paying for much of the wedding with money she has frugally tucked away. Rather than traditional gifts, she ...

Dear Amy: Late last year my husband and I had our first child, a son. We let people know that only immediate family members (the new grandparents and our siblings) would be allowed to visit us in the ...

Dear Readers: Like most of us, you probably have a favorite detergent, but you also want to make sure that your washing machine is doing the best job it can. A lot of this depends on the water ...

Dear Miss Manners: I am all for children in casual restaurants. But there is one thing I cannot abide in a restaurant, and that is to hear kiddie animated movies, shows and video games with the audio ...

Dear Heloise: What can be done with old mink coats, jackets, stoles and collars? Some are over 50 years old but still in relatively good condition, except for a few spots. Can they be sold, donated or ...

Dear Carolyn: What's the best way to handle someone who communicates through hints? I have a not-terribly-close relationship with an older relative that is ending because she kept dropping hints that ...

Dear Heloise: I have lived in my house for many years, and from time to time there seems to be all sorts of different sizes of silverfish. I find some in the morning on top of the stove. In the middle ...

Today’s Sound Off is about hoarding: Dear Heloise: In this time of the coronavirus pandemic, hoarding of items, such as paper products, bleach, hand sanitizer and much more, has left many people ...

Carolyn Hax is away. The following first appeared Jan. 14, 2005. Dear Carolyn: My husband and I divorced bitterly 10 years ago. Last year he made remarks and did things that let me (and others) know ...

Hi, Carolyn: The other day I was in a store when a woman of a certain age tore into the checkout clerk (20-something male) when he called her "ma'am." I thought the clerk was making an effort to be ...

It all depends on whether you are emotionally mature or dishonest about your needs.

Hi, Carolyn: I'm married for 40 years and I've had health issues, most happening in the past five years. My husband is completely detached and uninterested. He never follows up with test results, and ...