Dear Queenie,
My sister got married again after she got divorced and it’s not working out any better than the first time but she won’t give up on it and the rest of us can’t figure out why, but that’s not my problem.
The problem is that I’m on my third marriage and this one is working out just fine, but every time we get together she makes smart-ass remarks about how bad I am at choosing husbands (as if she’s doing any better!). I try to laugh at her “jokes” but it’s getting real old real fast. At least when my marriages didn’t work out I had sense enough to make an end of it instead of hanging on to something that just wasn’t right.
Queenie, how do I let her know how much this bugs me without being rude?—Finally happily married
Dear Happily married,
I suspect your sister is jealous of your present happiness and trying to turn attention away from her own situation. Tell her privately that you are worried about her and ask if she would like the name of the marriage counsellor who helped you make a success of your present marriage – and hope she gets the message.
