http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/ Thu, 03 May 2012 14:20:09 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ en hourly 1 http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/ask-harry-louise-is-taking-a-break.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/ask-harry-louise-is-taking-a-break.php#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:20:09 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/ask-harry-louise-is-taking-a-break.php Dear Readers: Thanks so much for asking, reading, and responding to Ask Harry and Louise. Much appreciated. We are taking a few months off. Please stay tuned. Harry and Louise http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/im-getting-screwed-over-at-work-because-of-who-my-boss-is-screwing--help-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/im-getting-screwed-over-at-work-because-of-who-my-boss-is-screwing--help-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:50:47 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/im-getting-screwed-over-at-work-because-of-who-my-boss-is-screwing--help-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/should-i-break-up-with-my-new-boyfriend-because-my-friends-dont-like-him-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/should-i-break-up-with-my-new-boyfriend-because-my-friends-dont-like-him-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:00:50 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/should-i-break-up-with-my-new-boyfriend-because-my-friends-dont-like-him-ask-harry-and-louise.php Got a question about romance, family, work, parenting, school? Please send it to askharryandlouise@washingtonian.com. We would love to give it some thought, shed some light--and protect your anonymity. • • • Dear Harry and Louise: I am a 27-year-old single woman. I really like this guy (let's call him http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/i-love-books-but-my-guy-doesnt-read--is-it-a-deal-breaker-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/i-love-books-but-my-guy-doesnt-read--is-it-a-deal-breaker-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:59:21 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/i-love-books-but-my-guy-doesnt-read--is-it-a-deal-breaker-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise: I started dating a man three months ago. We see each other every weekend, we talk on the phone each evening (he lives an hour away, so we don't see each other during the week), we laugh each time we speak, we both love being http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/are-my-kids-too-young-to-visit-their-uncle-in-prison-ask-harry-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/are-my-kids-too-young-to-visit-their-uncle-in-prison-ask-harry-louise.php#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/are-my-kids-too-young-to-visit-their-uncle-in-prison-ask-harry-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise, My brother (let's call him Douglas) has had difficulty with drug use for many years. He is now forty and in a minimum security prison because he was caught doing drugs at work and stole prescription drugs from a family friend he was housesitting for. http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/how-do-i-take-back-a-joke-that-offended-someone-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/how-do-i-take-back-a-joke-that-offended-someone-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/how-do-i-take-back-a-joke-that-offended-someone-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise, I stepped in it, and now I can't get out of it. I'm very much on the liberal side of most issues. I was surrounded by some colleagues at the home of our boss, and I made a joke about George W. Bush that made http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/should-i-let-my-13-year-old-go-on-dates-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/should-i-let-my-13-year-old-go-on-dates-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:20:00 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/should-i-let-my-13-year-old-go-on-dates-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise, I am the mother of a beautiful, intelligent, precocious 13-year-old daughter. She is in the seventh grade. She is a strong athlete and is devoted to her schoolwork. When she puts on heels and a bit of makeup, she could easily pass for 17. She http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/hes-mormon-im-not--can-our-relationship-survive-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/hes-mormon-im-not--can-our-relationship-survive-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/hes-mormon-im-not--can-our-relationship-survive-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise, I am a single woman in my thirties. I recently spent a week with a girlfriend whom I have known for more than ten years. While I was in her hometown, we went out to a bar. I met a wonderful man there and we http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/my-boyfriend-doesnt-want-to-come-to-my-family-seder--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/my-boyfriend-doesnt-want-to-come-to-my-family-seder--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:15:00 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/my-boyfriend-doesnt-want-to-come-to-my-family-seder--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise,I am a gay man in my mid-twenties. I have been happily involved with my partner (let's call him Michael) for two years. He has met my parents and has traveled to my home town with me once. Here is the issue: I am preparing for http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/do-the-ends-justify-the-means-when-my-kid-is-involved-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/do-the-ends-justify-the-means-when-my-kid-is-involved-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/do-the-ends-justify-the-means-when-my-kid-is-involved-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise, I'm hoping you can help resolve this fight between my wife and me. For the past several years, I have participated in triathlons to help raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I've lost too many friends and watched even more do battle with http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/my-friend-is-too-interested-in-my-marriage--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/my-friend-is-too-interested-in-my-marriage--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:30:00 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/my-friend-is-too-interested-in-my-marriage--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise: Last week you answered my question about photos of my husband's golf trip that show him with another lady often by his side. My friend alerted me that they had been posted on Facebook. Now my question is about the friend who clued me into http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/i-found-pictures-of-my-husband-with-another-woman--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/i-found-pictures-of-my-husband-with-another-woman--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:00:00 -0500 Alison Kitchens http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/advice/i-found-pictures-of-my-husband-with-another-woman--what-should-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise: My husband took a golfing trip with his buddies last week. It's an annual trip they have been taking for a few years, balanced by a trip I take with my girlfriends for a week or so. All good, so far. My husband doesn't do http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/whats-the-rule-on-elevator-etiquette-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/whats-the-rule-on-elevator-etiquette-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:32:08 -0500 Admin http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/whats-the-rule-on-elevator-etiquette-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/i-think-my-child-is-being-picked-onwhat-can-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/i-think-my-child-is-being-picked-onwhat-can-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:32:57 -0500 Admin http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/i-think-my-child-is-being-picked-onwhat-can-i-do-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise: My daughter attends a small private school in the Washington suburbs. It purports to be a community where the feelings and health of each student are nurtured. My daughter, who is in fifth grade, started coming home from school sad a few weeks ago. She would http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/help-im-jealous-of-my-boyfriends-ex-ask-harry-and-louise.php http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/help-im-jealous-of-my-boyfriends-ex-ask-harry-and-louise.php#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:50:03 -0500 Admin http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/harry/help-im-jealous-of-my-boyfriends-ex-ask-harry-and-louise.php Dear Harry and Louise: I'm jealous, and I'm having difficulty getting over it. I know I need to stop comparing myself to my boyfriend's ex, but it is very, very difficult. I have been with my boyfriend for about a year, and we're close and becoming closer. We talk easily,