Dear Prudence,
Our daughter “Mia” and her husband have been struggling with infertility for the past decade. They burned through all their savings, had two GoFundMe’s, and asked everyone in the family for money. My husband and I have already given them thousands and thousands of dollars. We are tapped out. We recently helped our other daughter with a down payment on a new house. When Mia found out, she got extremely upset and accused us of favoring her sister and not wanting to help her become a mother. The girls ended up getting into an ugly fight and are no longer speaking. My husband lost his temper with Mia and told her we give her more than any of our other children and nothing came of it. He also said that she needs to seek professional help and to come to grips with the fact that she might not have a biological child. I know he regretted it as soon as the words came out of his mouth, but the damage was done. Mia is no longer speaking to us. My husband has apologized many times, but Mia will not bend. We don’t know what to do.
— Mia Matters