Dear Abby: Boyfriend's Daughter Complicates Longterm Relationship
JUL 10 – The narrator struggles with Gil's daughter's absence at health appointments and tension over her influence while caring for Gil's well-being, a challenge in their five-year relationship.
- A woman reveals her five-year relationship with Gil is strained by his daughter Nicole's frequent absence from crucial health appointments.
- Following her late husband's death, the narrator rekindled a decade-old friendship with Gil, which evolved into a lasting romantic relationship based on a long-standing spark.
- The narrator's adult children feel estranged as Nicole, in her late 20s with children, sees the narrator as a threat, widening family tensions.
- The narrator hesitates to confront Nicole to avoid being cast as the 'bad guy,' having to choose between addressing her flaws or maintaining her relationship with Gil.
- Dear Abby advises that the woman should apologize and join family counseling as a healthy first step toward reconciliation, emphasizing limited options for healing the family rift.
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Dear Abby: Boyfriend's daughter complicates longterm relationship
DEAR ABBY: I have been seeing my partner, “Gil,” for five years. After my husband passed, Gil came into my life again. We had been colleagues about 10 years prior. We always had a spark but never acted on it,…
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