Ask Amy: Yard-yacht sails into the neighborhood
– Sad Auntie
Dear Sad: I think you should offer these young men a gentle lesson – and let yourself off the hook! Your relationship with them is not based on these gifts. How do you know that? Because you seem to have a relationship with them even though they don’t seem to be interested in the gifts you send.
Switch to cards. Tell them you love them. Let that be your gift.
Dear Amy: Not to pile on, but I was deeply offended by your response to “Conflicted,” who wanted to spend time with a family member who was arrested for possessing child porn.
Show compassion to this scumbag? I don’t think so.
– Offended
Dear Offended: My overall point was that even scumbags have innocent mothers and other family members who deserve comfort and showing compassion toward him would comfort them.
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