Husband rejects son and now wants him to leave
Dear Alone: You get trust back the same way you work your sobriety -- one day at a time. Keep working your program.
Given the magnitude of your earlier trauma, and your losses since becoming sober, it is not at all surprising that you feel so ... spent. Separating might give you the distance, and space, you need right now. You and your husband will have to rewrite your marital script in order to disrupt almost three decades of dysfunction.
Dear Amy: "Hugs over Smooches" wanted to know how to maintain proper boundaries during this #MeToo time.
I recently heard a reference to "The Rock Rule" (relating to the actor, Dwayne Johnson), in which a man shouldn't make any physical gesture toward a woman that he wouldn't be willing to make toward "The Rock." Follow this rule and you can't go wrong.
-- A Fan
Dear Fan: I appreciate this -- except for the recent reports from burly, strong former NFL player (and now actor) Terry Crews, who was sexually assaulted, in public, by another man. Dwayne Johnson had better watch his back.
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