Dear Abby: The graduate’s guest list threatens to create unwanted drama
DEAR ABBY I have a strained relationship with my sister Related Articles Dear Abby I don t love him but I m thinking he might be the smart choice Dear Abby How should I warn them about what s happening in the breakroom Dear Abby His wife won t speak to him for months at a time What should he do Dear Abby He s hurt when I call him she Was my response out of line Dear Abby Is it OK to keep this secret from the priest There has invariably been a lot of drama surrounding her Over the years she has dependably played the victim We talk only if one of my parents is having a fitness issue At the moment my sister is in the middle of a contentious divorce It has been going on for two years and she s taking her victimhood to the next level She s posting on social media about all kinds of things she alleges her estranged husband has done to her My wife and I have chosen to stay out of it We have watched them treat each other badly over the years My daughter is now graduating She d like to invite her aunt and uncle to her graduation party What s the right thing to do I would prefer not to invite either of them I do not want drama at that party GRAD S DAD IN INDIANA DEAR DAD Explain to your daughter that because her aunt and uncle are at each other s throats as their divorce drags on you are worried they will disrupt the happy occasion and ruin it for her which is why you feel it would be a huge mistake for her to invite them Then cross your fingers and hope she sees the wisdom DEAR ABBY I have a roommate Don I have lived with for years At first we were dating but we broke up and Don moved out for a year We remained friends and he moved back in to help me with rent and because he missed the cat Our relationship has been strictly platonic for the last seven years What drives me nuts is when we get in a fight he never fails to bring up my son call him filthy names and tell me he is worthless This started a year ago My son doesn t know Don does this My son is He sees me only every couple of months and Don never sees him My son borrowed money from me once after his dad died three years ago but he has paid it all back He had specific trouble with his business lately that Don read about on various Yelp reviews Don knows how much I love my son and that I would do anything for him His attacks on my son are cruel and have nothing to do with our arguments I suspect he may be jealous which is why he wants to hurt me Sometimes Don apologizes and says he won t do it again but he inevitably does It tears my heart out I can t decide what to do WOUNDED IN WASHINGTON DEAR WOUNDED So Don has a mean streak and doesn t fight fair Related Articles Asking Eric My husband thinks the neighbors will retaliate over the trash issue Dear Abby I don t love him but I m thinking he might be the smart choice Asking Eric Should I sign my husband s name when I confront his old girlfriend Harriette Cole All my boyfriends have the same bad trait and I m tired of it Miss Manners Is it really that weird to ask the server to pick my meal for me The next time he drags your son into one of your disagreements in order to hurt you your response should be That s it Get out Get out of here this minute If he is shocked tell him that because the rent is more than you can swing alone you have decided to downsize to something you can afford without him If he promises not to do it again remind him you have heard that before and you don t plan on tolerating it again Is his rental assistance worth the verbal abuse Not in my book Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren also known as Jeanne Phillips and was founded by her mother Pauline Phillips Contact Dear Abby at www DearAbby com or P O Box Los Angeles CA
