Dear James: Never Too Old for a Barbaric Yawp
A tip of the hat to our well-seasoned correspondents

In his weekly advice column, staff writer James Parker addresses readers’ existential worries—and in-the-moment worries, too.
A tip of the hat to our well-seasoned correspondents
I want to enjoy the time with my relatives, but they trigger me.
Is this just a midlife crisis?
My husband’s ceaseless noises are driving me mad.
My best friend’s husband refuses to touch her.
I’ve hit the relationship jackpot. But now I have romance FOMO.
And I’m riddled with mom guilt.
It’s gotten so bad, I’m considering leaving him.
I, for one, have felt the benefits of cutting back.
Before he became America’s most famous poet, he wrote some real howlers.