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Wedding Woes

Mom is miserable and trying to ruin the holidays

Dear Prudence,
My normally lovably crazy family has become truly unhinged. My 68-year-old father recently reconnected with his high school girlfriend, and now she’s moving in with him and my father says they may get married soon. My mother, who initiated a divorce from my father 12 years ago, is 62 and recently single. And though she has sworn never to remarry and has spent years bad-mouthing my father, suddenly she says she regrets the divorce, sees my father “as the man she married all those years ago,” and wants him back. As if this news was not shocking enough, she calls me constantly asking for “words of wisdom” on the situation, of which I have none. Most upsettingly, she has vowed to ruin any upcoming family gatherings by being overtly rude to my dad’s new girlfriend. I am someone who does not handle embarrassment or conflict well, and I am now basically dreading any future encounters with my parents (whom I love and have otherwise wonderful relationships with). How do I stay on good terms with both my parents without appearing to choose sides, and how do I handle uncomfortable family gatherings without collapsing into a crying heap?

—Wanting to Hide


Re: Mom is miserable and trying to ruin the holidays

  • op should try to steal high school girlfriend so mom and dad can get back together, AND high school girlfriend can still come to family gatherings.

    WIN WIN WIN

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  • Schedule house get together. Pack your bags for that last-minute Xmas Disney cruise and tell NO ONE else.

    Call hazmat to clean up the detritus prior to your return.
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