Ask Amy: Severed sister relationship lasts 60 years
The younger sister should be given space to continue to heal. The elder should be encouraged to understand how her long-ago choice became an important test of trust and loyalty.
The sisters may need to return to the painful events of their childhoods and rebuild from there. A family counselor could try to mediate a detente between the two. If you are able to bring them both to the table, you’d be helping to forge a new path for your family.
Dear Amy: Do you think it normal (or wise) to meet your Facebook friends?
My husband arranged a dinner with a "friend" he met on Facebook through one of his news sites.
He's not happy that I didn't want to attend this meeting.
He arranged another dinner with someone who was a member of his fraternity from college.
I attended this dinner only to find out they didn't personally know each other!
My "friends" on Facebook are people I know and even if I haven't seen them in years, I enjoy their news about family and their activities.
To randomly collect friends that you have no personal background with seems desperate and unwise.
– Concerned Wife
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