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Ask Amy: Blended family is not really blended

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

Dear Amy: My husband and I blended our two families 24 years ago.

My husband’s middle son, “Bret” has always been difficult.

Last year my beautiful 40-year-old son died, suddenly and unexpectedly.

Two weeks after his death, Bret and his 4-year-old son came out and stayed with us.

Bret and my husband expected me to cook, clean, and pick up after all of them. It was awful!

If I asked Bret not to let his son run around the house with food, I got a tongue lashing. My husband thinks I’m being dramatic, so he says nothing to his son!

 

Now my other stepson, his wife, and their two children are due to stay with us next month to go skiing.

They have no rules for their darling children and my husband refuses to say anything to them.

I have been told to suck it up and be an adult.

I have thought of leaving while they are here to visit, BUT my beautiful home would probably be in a shambles when I return!

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