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Dear Carolyn:
Our son's 5th birthday is next week. A birthday party will make for an enormous amount of presents, and we have this problem at Christmas, too. This year, I would like to have our son ...
Dear Carolyn:
I live with my boyfriend in his elderly mom's paid-for vacation home. She comes to visit a few times a year for a few days each time, and we are expected to provide meals and entertain her. I'm totally OK with this. When she's ...
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Dear Carolyn:
My wife is an avid reader and enjoys a lot of different types of books. Among them are series usually geared towards teenagers, like "The Hunger Games" or "Twilight." Before the premier ...
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Dear Carolyn:
My parents are getting divorced, which wouldn't have surprised me 10 or 20 years ago, but by now I thought they were fine with the status quo. How do I begin to build a (long-distance) ...
Dear Carolyn:
Sometimes I think I'd like someone to rescue me from my life -- someone to make it so I don't have to work anymore, and I just sit back and not think about anything serious or responsible.
I know this comes from having always ...
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Hi, Carolyn:
Five months ago I met the guy I think I am going to marry (hooray!). We are great for each other in so many ways, and we have a great time together and I love him. He's even talking about ...
