The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble by an advice column.

I am against lying, but just because someone asks a question does not mean you have to answer it.

Most women at some point or many points in their lives will have to deal with an unwanted advance and having the confidence to be "rude" and say no is an important skill to develop.

The sadness from reading letters that you know you can't help because it's a person who's in extremis and their problems are not soluble by an advice column.

I know this is awkward, but when you laugh after almost everything you say, it ends up undermining you.

When you're dealing with an in-law violation, I think the first line of defense is for the blood relation to have a serious talk.

Setting up a college fund would be a great way to redirect the tangible evidence of Daddy's love.