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...when is it appropriate to drop the H-Bomb? Carolyn Hax ’88, author of The Washington Post’s “Tell Me About It” column, offers advice to recent graduates on some of the most pressing post-Harvard...
...Hax tries to limit her responses to those under 30 because she feels that she is best able to help the younger set. “The column started when I was 30, so it made sense that I would be talking about things I experienced. I feel completely out of my depth giving a 50-year-old woman who wants to start dating again advice. What could I possible tell...
...veteran columnist, Hax is well versed in the variety of problems her readers experience. She easily explains the intricacies of serving up advice, “The most difficult questions are those that you can’t really answer. There are huge areas of inquiry around what this person trying to say by doing this or this or what does he mean. Those are hard because nobody can really know. I also think it is difficult to advise a person when to tell or when not to tell a difficult truth. I dodge a lot of those questions...
Although famous for her blunt and sometimes stinging advice, Hax defends herself. “I can be harsh,” she admits, “But at the same time I have a range of styles. When someone is in obvious pain, I can be sympathetic and compassionate. I am just having fun laughing at myself and at the reader. And you have to realize that I am not trying to be cruel...
Whatever Hax’s style, her readers appreciate Hax’s guidance and continue to clamor for more. Hax readily provides. “I plan to write the column as long as I can read all the new mail and still care,” she promises. “Or until I am way to old to write an under-30 column with a straight face...