Dear Queenie,
I got married in Colombia last year and only my parents and brother and sisters came to the wedding. We received lots of nice presents from my wife’s family but only one from any of my relatives. My wife thinks they are a bunch of selfish stingy people she doesn’t want to know.
I have been at several of my cousins’ weddings and I know they received plenty of nice gifts from family members.
Queenie, how can I get my wife not to hate my family?—The Bridegroom
Dear Bridegroom,
Did you send these relatives invitations to your wedding? If not, they had no obligation to send gifts. And even if you did invite them, the fact that they did not (or could not) attend may have made them feel no such obligation.
It is also possible that they may disapprove of your wife for some reason. Perhaps your parents can enlighten you – or find out, if they do not already know.
Then you will know what, if anything, you can do to make things better between them and your wife.
