Ask Amy: A couple struggles to describe their meet-cute
Dear Amy: I met my husband when I was a part-time sex worker and he was a client.
We’ve been happily married for 30 years (I found a new career when we started dating).
We made up a story about meeting at a concert, but my mother-in-law doesn’t believe it.
Twice now she has asked me to tell her the “real way we met,” but for obvious reasons I’ve stuck to our story.
She’s a great mom and mother-in-law, and I know her feelings are hurt that I won’t tell her how we met.
What can I say to her to make her feel OK with never knowing the truth?
– Holding
Dear Holding: You maintain that your mother-in-law’s feelings are hurt because you won’t tell her how you met her son.
But you did tell her.
I’d say that your mother-in-law making two inquiries in 30 years doesn’t convey a burning need to know or to catch you out, unless the two times she has asked about this both happened last week.
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