Dear Queenie,
Whenever I go the States to visit my family I also try to make time to see my old friends too, but one of them always makes a fuss because I don’t spend more time visiting with her and now she’s mad at me and won’t even keep in touch by e-mail.
I have a big family and there just isn’t enough time to spend a lot of time with all of them, even if someone arranges a big family get-together, let alone much time left over for the others.
Queenie, how do I make her understand?—Hurt feelings
Dear Hurt feelings,
Your friend seems rather self-centred and childish, and I doubt you can make her understand that family comes first, because she just does not want to. Try not to let her attitude get to you.
