Dear Carolyn: This is a very difficult note to write. For years I have concealed from my best friend that her husband attempts to grope me when she is out of the room. The first…

Dear Carolyn: I have a full-time job and try to do extra freelance artwork as I can, usually after work. My wife is a stay-at-home grandma watching the grandkids, the 10-month-old all day and the…

Dear Carolyn: Being totally in love is overrated. I have never felt that intensely about my husband and do not love him as much as I’ve loved exes. I certainly don’t get along with my…

Dear Carolyn: My mother died recently. Ours was a complex relationship; due to earlier life traumas and later mental illness, she came across as a cold-hearted perfectionist who was always right. Asking for help or…

Dear Carolyn: My sister is getting a divorce. They’re still living together and trying to be civil and remain friends, because they were friends for a long time before ever getting together. I’m glad about…

Dear Carolyn: I have a lovely mother-in-law. She is an amazing grandmother and we can rely on her to do what she says she will do. She can also be selfish and overstep boundaries, and…

Dear Carolyn: My wife and I separated a few months ago. I had felt lonely and unsatisfied in our marriage and consequently developed feelings for another woman. My wife found out, I moved out, and…

Adapted from a recent online discussion.   Dear Carolyn: My adult son has been married and divorced twice. He has two children from his second marriage. He is now living with, but not married to,…

Dear Carolyn: Recently a middle-aged person told me that they wouldn’t want to live past the age of 80. I’m in my mid-70s, and still working full time at a job I love in a…

Hi, Carolyn: My boyfriend of six months has a best friend, “John,” who now lives in another country, which has notorious gender inequality and poverty. We’re all in our early 30s. My boyfriend was always…