Dear Queenie,
Every year we spend a week in St. Maarten in our timeshare condo (except this year, of course, because of Hurricane Irma). Anyway, we have become friends with another couple who also have the timeshare week as ours at the same timeshare resort.
The problem is, now we are friends this one couple they expect us to spend all our time in St. Maarten with them because they do not know anyone else here. However, we have also become friends with other couples at other timeshares and even with some local people and we would like to visit with them also while we are here.
Queenie, how do we get away from this one couple?—We have lots of friends
Dear Lots of friends,
Have you tried taking “this one couple” with you and introducing them to some of your other friends? Maybe if they meet and get to know others besides you, they will not be so clingy.
If this does not take care of your problem, just explain to this couple (as diplomatically as possible) when you do not want to be with them that you have other plans and are simply not available. You can ease the sting a little by suggesting another time that you can spend with them.
