Dear Carolyn: My husband, “Ty,” woke up one Tuesday and decided that after 12 years of marriage and 16 years of being in a relationship, he just didn’t want to be married anymore. He said he wasn’t in ...

In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, known as the ERA, which guaranteed equal rights for women. But the ERA then had to be ratified by at least 38 states, and that threshold was only ...

Dear Carolyn: I (a 40-year-old woman) have been happily married for 15-plus years to a sweet, wonderful man. Husband is a genuinely excellent partner and a kind, funny, good person in general. I also ...

Dear Carolyn: I’ve been with “Dale” for 10 years, married for 6. We have a 4-year-old son. Dale and I always agreed on our priorities and values, especially work-life balance. Until Dale took a new ...

Dear Carolyn: My father-in-law is in a rehab facility recovering from surgery. He’s not adjusting well. I’ve been encouraging our twin sons, 21, to visit their grandfather, even mapping out the bus ...

We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are below. Dear Carolyn: My husband of 20-plus years has an odd habit that’s like nails on a ...

Dear Carolyn: I am half of a gay male couple living in Florida. I just retired and want to spend the summer taking a road trip from Florida to Alaska and back. I’ve dreamed about it all my life and ...

Carolyn Hax can’t get to every question she receives, so every week we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice. Out of the many great responses we receive, we select a ...

Dear Carolyn: My husband and I have been married 16 years and have a 5-year-old daughter. We live out west (where he is from) while my family is all on the East Coast. It’s hard to see all of them at ...

Dear Carolyn: My husband has always wanted to be a screenwriter, a dream he shared with a lot of his peers growing up in Southern California. He did do his undergrad in film theory and started an MFA ...

We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are below. Dear Carolyn: My husband and I have always kept our finances separate. This was ...