Wife disappoints family with transcontinental birthday
Social media has made it very easy (and tempting) to basically go shopping for company, especially when you're bored, stressed, or overwhelmed. Rather than deny this, your husband needs to own up to his behavior, apologize to you, and assure you that he wants to be faithfully married. He also needs to understand that this behavior is upsetting, disappointing, disrespectful, and embarrassing (to both of you).
Working this through, honestly, will be best for everyone. Confronting your marital problems is a process you will both have to master.
Dear Amy: I can't believe you actually had to counsel "Sale of the Century" to return to a Target store and pay for an item they had (accidentally) not paid for.
In this politically correct world, people don't even know how to do the right thing.
-- Disturbed
Dear Disturbed: I'm not sure what political correctness has to do with this, but even though most of us know what the right thing to do is, we don't always do it (including me). That's what makes ethical dilemmas so interesting.
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