US EditionAsking Eric: We Don’t Really Want to Host Still-Married Grandson’s New Girlfriend for a Week over the Holidays
Grandparents want their grandson to visit alone during Christmas and seek advice on declining his new girlfriend without harming family ties.
- This year, our grandson plans a one-week Christmas visit and wants to bring his new girlfriend, while grandparents seek advice on declining without causing harm.
- The grandson is still legally married but separated, a status central to the grandparents' discomfort and reflecting the newness of his relationship.
- Advice columnist R. Eric Thomas suggested the grandparents tell the grandson they look forward to seeing him and explain the holiday's meaning while asking to separate meeting the new partner from the holiday.
- Faced with logistics, the grandparents weigh hosting against relationship risk, as entertaining someone you don’t know for a full week is a heavy lift and options include opening their home or asking the grandson not to bring the companion.
- Discussing travel logistics can reveal constraints and a compromise may emerge by describing the holiday they envision or arranging a catch-up phone call to preserve ties this year.
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The Fort Morgan Times
Asking Eric: Still-married grandson wants to bring his new girlfriend to visit
Should a separated grandson visit with a new girlfriend for a week? Asking Eric tackles holiday hosting, how to decline an oversized gift, and whether to stop sending gifts to unthankful grandchildren.
Asking Eric: Still-married grandson wants to bring his new girlfriend to visit - McPherson Sentinel
Dear Eric: Our grandson, who is still married but separated from his wife of five years, wants to visit at Christmas for a week with his new girlfriend. We would love for him to visit but not with any new friend.How can we tell him without hurting his feelings and damaging our relationship? Or should we open up our home to him and his new companion and make the best of it?– Uneasy GrandmaDear Grandma: Entertaining a person you don’t know for a f…
The Billings Gazette
Still-married grandson wants to bring new girlfriend to visit
Dear Eric: Our grandson, who is still married but separated from his wife of five years, wants to visit at Christmas for a week with his new girlfriend. We would love for him to visit but not with any new…
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