Wife's extreme weight loss tilts the marriage
She finishes her demanding semester in May. This would be the perfect time to transition away from your cellphone plan, and onto her own (or with her fiancé).
Her pet-sitting business should pick up during the summer. She could work it around another part-time job, and the class she plans to take.
I don't think it is necessary -- or even useful -- to try to convince a young person that her expectations are unreasonable. You simply say, "This is what's going to happen." And if she grumbles about it -- so what? Your message to her should always be, "You can handle it. We have confidence in you. You'll be fine." (Please, don't call her a "brat.")
Dear Amy: "Don't Knock My Stuff" was upset that her husband seems to find and share negative information about things she enjoys.
I too have the same curiosity as her husband, and have "ruined" things for my wife.
I think the writer was being oversensitive, but that the husband clearly had taken it too far.
-- Been There
Dear Been There: Thank you.
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