Dear Queenie,
I have three daughters. One of them is grown up and out on her own, one is in high school and one is in second grade.
I spend an occasional night with my boyfriend, leaving my youngest daughter with one of her sisters which she seems to enjoy, but I would like to spend a whole weekend with him or even go with him on a short vacation, but based on how things were for him growing up, he says I shouldn’t be away from my youngest daughter for that long.
Queenie, how can I convince him that it would be okay?—I need a break
Dear I need a break,
Explain to your boyfriend how different things are in your family from the way things were for him when he was a child.
Your boyfriend may have other reasons for not spending more time with you and you need to find out what those reasons are, because I think you need to know a lot more about him.
