Carolyn Hax

A mom is conflicted about her daughter’s wedding after the bride decides not to include her sister as an attendant.

A parent fears their teen will follow a first love to a lesser college and regret passing up a prestigious, free education.

Letter writer is frustrated his girlfriend keeps consulting his mom when she doesn’t get her way.

She likes a TV on all day, every day, and can’t understand, after moving in with son’s family, why her daughter-in-law objects.

Unemployed boyfriend “doesn’t bring much to the table,” so why should the letter writer marry him?

Her daughter shared her engagement online, and now this letter writer is upset at a nephew for breaking the news to Grandma.

Dad hides his spending on sex workers from Mom and expects the letter writer, who discovered it, to accept that it’s a “guy thing.”

Aunts living together for decades aren’t out as partners, and this letter writer wants them to know they have love and support.

After compromised care for an ectopic pregnancy, she wants to move to a legal-abortion state, but he thinks that’s overreacting.

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