![]() ![]() ![]() Mostly the messages concern her desperation to rekindle some sort of relationship with him and his family, how only the children are being hurt, how she never meant to insinuate herself into their lives, etc. R to other parents, yet is still trying to contact Mr. When he became uncomfortable with the amount and intensity of her attention to him, he alerted his wife and discontinued all contact with her. ![]() J, tried to strike up a friendship with one of my dads, Mr. Evidently last year one of my leaders, Mrs. Volunteers Behaving Badly: I am a volunteer unit leader in a well-known youth organization. On the other hand, I would feel terribly if I tore the family apart they are trying to build by speaking the truth. As a fellow recovering alcoholic, I feel it’s my duty to tell my friend because as alcoholics, our recovery must always come first and foremost, and she might end up jeopardizing this. When she saw me she made me promise not to say anything, and now I feel torn. Well, I was at a social function and Amanda happened to be there. Sam recently told me that one of the rules he had set down was that he could not, under any circumstances, be involved with a woman who drank, so his girlfriend supposedly “swore off” alcohol for him. They have four children between the two of them. He has gotten very serious with a woman, “Amanda,” and they have been living together now for a little over a year. Friendship-Do I Keep A Secret Or Spill The Truth?: I have a close friend, “Sam,” who I met in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting many years ago. Just that he has to understand his dad has a problem and you are going to do your best to be warm and cordial, but keep your distance. Hearing about this doesn’t mean he’s not going to continue to love his father. I think you should sit your boyfriend down and say you’ve got something unpleasant to tell him you realized you just couldn’t keep to yourself. At the least your fiance might want to know why you’re avoiding hugs with his dad or don’t want to sit next to him at meals. I think this is too big a burden to keep secret from your boyfriend. This is a repulsive image, one that will be hard to eradicate in the decades to come. Any thoughts?Ī: For all of you who are dreading the holidays with your overbearing in-laws, you now have a beautiful mantra to repeat to get you through Thanksgiving: “At least my father-in-law is not sniffing my dirty panties.” Eek, indeed, and your future father-in-law is a rather bold pervert if he is willing to sneak into your laundry basket while his son is in the shower and you are down the hall. I haven’t told my fiance and I’m not sure if I should because I know he gets along so well with his mom and dad. Eek!! I acted casual about it like I hadn’t noticed and he said he was looking for a sweater that my fiance had offered to let him wear. I stepped in our bedroom for a moment to get something and found my fiance’s dad sniffing a pair of my panties from the laundry basket. Well, one morning when they were here, my fiance was showering and I was making everyone breakfast. They live on the other side of the country, so I have actually only met them once (though my fiance generally only has good things to say about his parents). Awkward Run-in With Future Father-in-Law: My future in-laws stayed with us for several days a few weeks ago. ( Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. An edited transcript of this week’s chat is below. Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on weekly to chat live with readers. ![]()
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