carolynhax

39 posts

1. When to Share January 22, 2018
2. Resentment might start with a wrong done to you January 3, 2017
3. Carolyn Hax: A quick trip from travel mode to grump mode - The Washington Post December 31, 2016
4. Getting along isn’t luck, it’s a skill November 18, 2015
5. The best way to communicate your needs is to trust them July 28, 2015
6. Listen for follow-up questions June 10, 2015
7. Carolyn Hax: A friend with seemingly everything still has time for fine whine May 14, 2015
8. Give your past, present, and future selves influence in proportion January 7, 2015
9. Live by the schedule as a gift to yourself December 7, 2014
10. Carolyn Hax: Weddings bring out the worst in an unmarried couple - The Washington Post April 22, 2014
11. Be gentle especially when you’re right December 1, 2013
12. When you explain something based on what broad categories of people do October 16, 2013
13. Gifts and time for family are investments in them as people September 9, 2013
14. Heroism is often some seriously boring stuff July 22, 2013
15. There’s no need for you to “decide” on one feeling June 21, 2013
16. The full story is never as tidy as the one that starts with “Obviously” June 6, 2013
17. State your needs, don’t test people on them April 24, 2013
18. Take the hard feelings away, and this is the right thing to do April 7, 2013
19. Do yourself proud, in whatever shape that takes March 21, 2013
20. Fear and defensiveness, the architects of so many of our lowest moments March 13, 2013
21. Relationships are complicated, but happiness in one isn’t January 22, 2013
22. Get out of the conceptual rut of what a good life looks like November 15, 2012
23. Worldview-crash is usually comprehensive October 6, 2012
24. When people bypass simple solutions, there’s usually an ulterior motive September 26, 2012
25. Competitive people are most annoying to other competitive people September 25, 2012
26. Unhappy husband must look past cliché - The Washington Post July 30, 2012
27. A willingness to hear unwelcome truths is the unhappy person’s best friend June 4, 2012
28. Listen to your friends, but not to their conclusions June 4, 2012
29. Moving on doesn’t mean you’ll never feel bad about something again May 7, 2012
30. Behavior is easier to change than expectations are April 22, 2012
31. Let the facts write your dreams March 12, 2012
32. Basing your friendships on what people have to offer February 13, 2012
33. Children shred parental black-and-whites into gray confetti January 10, 2012
34. Denial about how invested you are in a single outcome January 7, 2012
35. Uncouple your own grief from the hopes you pin on others January 6, 2012
36. Embrace all change, not just change that benefits you December 16, 2011
37. It’s so easy not to realize you’re under someone else’s influence December 15, 2011
38. Does cheater deserve a second chance? - Carolyn Hax - The Washington Post November 21, 2011
39. For a single person, thinking something through marks the end of the reasoning… October 20, 2011