Moving back home brings on hometown hurts
Dig deep and understand that your rage is still holding you hostage. You should work on releasing your anger -- overall -- but continue to dislike her from a distance.
And a note to HR professionals out there -- workplace questions sent to me over the years reveal that this profession overall seems to have a poor reputation. I understand that questions sent to me represent a very skewed sample, but this question is one example of why workers might believe that Human Resources personnel don't advocate for them.
Dear Amy: Regarding "Done Mom," whose 18-year-old daughter's 30-year-old boyfriend lives with them and contributes nothing, I think suggesting six months is way too long.
Six more months of enabling is crazy. She needs to go to the local courthouse and file paperwork to evict that boyfriend.
A therapist waiting in the wings will help her daughter to cope.
-- Therapist Who Has Seen it All
Dear Therapist: Yes, delaying this is just drawing out the enabling. Thank you.
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