Dear Queenie,

My husband’s parents have never liked me for some reason, I don’t know why. They refuse to visit our home and when there is some family event they invite him, but not me.

I have always been polite and respectful to them, but it is hard to like someone who treats you that way.

Queenie, I really wish my husband wouldn’t let them treat me like that. Am I asking too much?—Left out wife

Dear Queenie,

My husband lost his job when things got bad last year and started drinking a lot. He finally found another job but it’s not as good as his old one and he still was drinking a lot.

I finally got fed up and threatened to leave him if he didn’t go to AA and he did and he stopped drinking at all, and I stopped too so as not to expose him to temptation.

Queenie, what I want to know is, can we ever go back to taking an occasional drink, like a glass of wine with dinner or a drink or two when we are socializing with friends?—Reluctant non-drinker

Dear Queenie,

My mother’s husband molested me and my sister when we were kids and she did nothing to protect us. Now we are grown up with children of our own and she is still living with that man. She claims he got religion and is cured of his nasty ways, but I don’t believe it.

Queenie, do you think we can trust him around our children?—Paedophile’s former victim

Dear Queenie,

I’m going away to college this fall and I’m planning to move in with my boyfriend who is already in the same city instead of living in a dormitory.

The problem is I haven’t told my parents about this yet. They will be giving me money for living expenses and it will be cheaper living with my boyfriend and sharing expenses than living in a dorm, but they probably won’t like the idea of us living together without being married.

Queenie, how do I handle this?—Apprehensive daughter