In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, today I’m posting an excerpt from Ask Carolyn 2 that addresses one survivor’s struggle with the secrecy of childhood sexual abuse and her search for closure. Dear Carolyn, I am now 32, and my sister is 35. We were both molested by our…
Dear Carolyn, I am sixty-nine. I have been in a fifty-year marriage. I sure would like to be out of the marriage, but I fear I am too old. I would like my retirement to be stress-free and with someone else. Do people my age really divorce? – Old, but…
Dear Carolyn, I got this paper in the mail called Summons. It is for jury service. I just got a new job, and I’m afraid my employer will fire me. How do I get out of this jury service? – Don’t want to be a juror Dear “Don’t Want to…
Dear Carolyn, I am a new Father, and I think the mother of our new baby is depressed. I am concerned. She seems exhausted and stressed. I am helping and her mother is helping, but there seems to be a problem. What should I do? – Stressed with New Baby…
Today’s Ask Carolyn addresses Borderline Personality Disorder and how it can affect the divorce process. Borderline Personality is a Cluster B personality disorder characterized by unstable behavior, moods, and relationships. BPD is challenging to deal with in relationships, and can become even more difficult during divorce. Dear Carolyn, My custody file…
Dear Carolyn, I am an aunt with two adult nephews and one adult niece. I have no children of my own. I have been very faithful, I feel, to lavishing these ingrates with gifts and attention on holidays, at weddings, birthdays, baby showers and generally. There is never a thank-you…
Dear Carolyn, I think I am about to be sued for alienation of affection. While I am not really sure exactly what this is, I am sure that I am not really doing this. Yes, I do have a paramour who is married. However, it is very clear to her…
Dear Carolyn, I was recently at the US Post Office on Murrow Boulevard. I was in line. There was a couple in line in front of me, and the man was hitting and pushing the woman and then laughing about it. She was obviously hurt and humiliated, but seemed unable…
Dear Carolyn, Hi, how are you? I have a question, my wife and I wanted to spend time with my stepson this summer but the father won’t let her get him. Can he stop her visitation? Carolyn Answers…. Greetings. I am assuming there must be a custody order regarding your…
Dear Carolyn, I have a strange question for you Carolyn. In fact, it is almost unbelievable. My ex-wife and the mother of my precious child constantly fabricates that the child is ill. The child is constantly taken to the doctor with the Mother saying that the child had a fever…