Dear Queenie,
I’m dating a widow whose husband passed away several years ago. The problem is her daughter who doesn’t like me at all. I don’t think it’s me personally, she just wouldn’t like any man her mother has anything to do with because he’s not her father who passed away.
Queenie, how can I get her to like me, or at least not hate me?—Widow’s boyfriend
Dear Boyfriend,
I doubt that you can get the daughter to like you, or at least not hate you, but that is not up to you.
As her mother, it is up to your lady friend to stand up to her daughter and make it clear to her that marriage vows clearly state “until death do us part,” which has happened, and now Mom wants to get on with her life and daughter does not have to like you but had better learn to be civil to you.
