US EditionDear Abby: Flirty drinking buddy crosses the line with kiss
- Mixed Feelings ended her friendship hosting arrangement after a guest made an inappropriate pass at her live-in partner, prompting her to stop inviting the friend to stay overnight.
- The couples socialized in The Midwest for about five years before the friend's husband passed away about a year ago, prompting the writer to offer a bedroom to avoid the friend driving 30 miles in the dark.
- While the writer was in the spare room preparing the guest space, the friend grabbed and kissed her partner, an action the writer considers a serious breach of trust and hospitality.
- Abigail Van Buren, columnist, advises the writer not to ignore the incident and to tell the friend that the advance embarrassed her partner and made the couple uncomfortable with future overnight visits.
- The writer noted they are in their 70s and should not face such 'teeny-bopper issues,' expressing frustration that a friendship spanning years ended due to an inappropriate encounter.
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DEAR ABBY: We were friends with a couple we met about five years ago. We went out together a few times and mostly saw them at our neighborhood bar. They live about 30 miles away. Well, the husband passed away about a year ago, so we offered the wife a bedroom whenever she comes this way so she doesn’t have to drive in the dark. The last time she stayed here, she made a pass at my live-in man. She’s a terrible flirt. She grabbed him and kissed hi…
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Dear Abby: ‘I let her stay overnight and she made a pass at my man ... good grief we’re in our 70s!’
DEAR ABBY: We were friends with a couple we met about five years ago. We went out together a few times and mostly saw them at our neighborhood bar. They live about 30 miles away.
Dear Abby: Flirty drinking buddy crosses the line with kiss
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