Ask Amy: This 'full house' isn't a cute sitcom
It's generous of you NOT to note that prior to this, for some reason, you (working full time), managed all of the academic issues related to your four kids, before this virus upended your domestic structure.
Thank you for what you do - at home and at work. You and all of our healthcare workers risk a lot to provide care to the rest of us.
Dear Amy: I read your good advice to "Tired Ears," the mother-in-law whose daughter-in-law frequently complained about her husband - to his mother.
Thank you for urging this MIL to nip that in the bud.
My wonderful mother-in-law has a different solution: If I complain about my husband to his mom, her response -- while smiling and shrugging -- is, "Gee! I wonder who raised him, anyway!"
This definitely stops me.
-- Grateful
Dear Grateful: Your mother-in-law is a smart cookie.
Let us all learn from her.
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(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)
