Dear Carolyn:

My lovely, 23-year-old daughter is a romantic and wants to marry the young man she is dating. They have "officially" dated two years, but were friends for years before that. They did not attend college together, so are just ...

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Hi, Carolyn;

I had a good friend in college, "Lucy"; we were inseparable, in each other's weddings, etc. Over the past two years we've had somewhat of a falling out, and I've kept my distance from her ...

Dear Carolyn:

My mother is a crazy cat lady. She has been doing better in recent years, down to 15 cats instead of 40 or 50, motivated by the arrival of her first grandchild, my son. We live on opposite sides of the country and it was too hard...

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Dear Carolyn:

My husband has had a close group of friends since his early 20s, and they communicate daily through group texts and emails. When we first started dating, I found out some of the guys send...

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Dear Carolyn:

My boyfriend of a year and a half and I are breaking up. Our fights have turned into WWIII, and he was tired of my being upset because I caught him lying to me a half-dozen times.

The ...

Hi, Carolyn:

How do I start trusting my wife again? Three years ago, I caught her (52) having an affair with a 29-year-old aide who came to our house to help with our autistic son.

One of my first questions to her was "What did I fail to ...