Dear Queenie,
My wife and her mother talk to each other during the day, but every night her mother calls again while we are eating dinner or after the kids have gone to bed. It seems like whenever we have some time alone together Mama manages to butt in with a phone call.
Queenie, am I asking too much to have some time together with my wife without her mother butting in?—Angry husband
Dear Husband,
No, you are not asking too much.
If your wife cannot explain this to her mother, or if Mama refuses to cooperate with the boundary you request, you can always turn off the phone (or take it off the hook if it is a landline) during the time you do not want to receive her calls.
