DEAR ABBY: My stepdaughter “Annie” gave my husband a photograph album of his life for his eightieth birthday. The album included photos of his dad and mom and grandparents in addition to photographs from his first marriage — to Annie’s mom. She included one image of their marriage ceremony and two extra of them posing as a loving couple. She included just a few photos of me, despite the fact that her dad and I’ve been married for greater than 40 of his 80 years. {A photograph} from our marriage ceremony was not included.
I really like Annie. We get alongside effectively, and I’m very harm that she included these two photos of the “loving couple.” I really feel it was inappropriate for an album she expects to be displayed in our dwelling for household, buddies and neighbors to see. I wish to ask her to reprint the album with out these two photos. Am I being unreasonable? — STEPMOM IN THE SOUTH
DEAR STEPMOM: As a result of you might have a great relationship with Annie, clarify to her that you just felt slighted whenever you noticed the album, and why. Clarify that you want to to have the ability to prominently show it if she would please both have it reprinted with the addition of a few photographs of you and your husband collectively, or with solely the marriage image of her dad and mom. This shouldn’t be tough to do.
DEAR ABBY: My 8-year-old nephew by chance fell on my canine, who then reacted and snapped at him, leaving a small puncture mark on his arm. We instantly eliminated the canine and apologized to my nephew, who was riddled with guilt as a result of he knew he precipitated it. As a result of it was an accident, I informed my nephew it was OK.
Weeks later, my sister and I spotted that my brother hasn’t responded to any of our each day textual content messages or Fb posts. After we see him in particular person, he’s positive. He jokes with us and even plans to lease a storage unit with us for our grandparents’ stuff. However then he ignores our textual content messages.
We informed our mom he has been ignoring us for fairly a while. He admitted to her that he’s tremendous aggravated with the entire household for not coaching our canine to not react when he will get hit. I now really feel my brother’s purposefully dangerous habits is worse than the accident. What do you suppose? — SIS WHO WANTS HARMONY
DEAR SIS: What occurred to your nephew was an accident. Your brother’s habits is passive-aggressive and infantile. I believe you need to ignore it and stop texting him and commenting on his Fb posts for some time. A protracted whereas. Don’t you?
DEAR ABBY: I’m a divorced girl who has not too long ago determined to leap again into the relationship pool. Nevertheless, 5 years in the past, I used to be identified with a number of myeloma. I’m in therapy and doing effectively. When and the way would I inform somebody I’m seeing that I’ve most cancers? — READY IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR READY: The time to disclose your medical analysis can be when the connection turns into romantic. It might be dishonest to withhold that info from somebody who’s investing emotionally in you.
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