Mother's boyfriend grooms daughter for relationship
-- Loss for Words
Dear Loss for Words: I think you two are pretty evenly matched.
Dear Amy: "Feeling Used" wrote to you about a friend who invited her and her husband to a play. Feeling Used was asked to pay full price for their $100 tickets. Later they learned that their friends had received their tickets for free, as part of a promotion.
I think you misunderstood this letter. Feeling Used meant that two of the tickets were free, but the other two were full price. So, the question was whether all four should split the cost of the two tickets, or whether it was appropriate for the ones who went for free to go for free, and let their invited friends pay full price.
What do you think?
-- Wondering
Dear Wondering: Many people wrote to correct me, and I agree that I misinterpreted the question.
In this case, if two of the tickets were free to the couple issuing the invitation, then yes, I think the polite thing to do would be to share the cost of the full-price tickets.
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