Mother-in-law's friendship with ex is disruptive
She has the right to associate with anyone she chooses. You also have that right.
Dear Amy: I have a true "first-world problem." But it's still a problem!
Our daughter plays soccer three nights a week (two practices and one game). We live in a climate where there are a lot of mosquitoes.
We bring bug spray to all our games, and my husband and I discreetly apply it.
Every game (once a week) the families sitting beside us (a different family each time, not known to us, and usually from a different town), will complain about those "damn mosquitoes."
Should we stock up on mosquito repellent and spray everyone down at the games? Or, should my husband and I just keep applying it discreetly?
My heart says, "Spray them all down." But my head says, "Hey, you're in the same group as us. Why aren't you just bringing this stuff, yourself?"
If I spray them, am I just enabling them?
-- Mosquito-free
Dear Mosquito-free: First of all, you should not proactively "spray anyone down."
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