Ask Amy: Future husband sings a ‘me’ tune
South-Bound
Dear South-Bound: Here are my thoughts: You are approaching marriage singing the “Me” song: “Me, me, me, me, me…”
Your thoughts of the future are all about you. You and your plans, your possessions, your property, and your sun- and fun-filled winters.
(But at least you’ll pay to have wood stacked in the basement, so she can return home from her cleaning business and make herself a toasty fire.)
Your future wife does not get to tell you what you are “allowed” to do.
But marriage is all about compromise – and you don’t seem capable of that.
Dear Amy: Our son and his girlfriend of five years broke up a couple of months ago.
For the last 18 months our son has had a job in New York City, while the girlfriend stayed in his condo in Los Angeles.
She traveled to NYC every two or three months, and they talked to each other every morning and evening, with, “I love you,” starting and ending their talk time. Sometime after January, she broke off the relationship.
She refused to see our son as he arrived in LA hoping to discuss the relationship, with the hopes of rekindling it.
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