Dear Queenie,
My sister’s children are so spoiled!
They have a tantrum if things aren’t just the way they want, like if they don’t like the food that’s being served or they can’t have some toy that some other child is playing with, and they never do anything to help out like make their own bed or help clear the table after dinner or pick up their toys when they’re done playing with them.
And their parents never do one thing to discipline them.
Queenie, what’s going to become of kids like that? – Worried aunt
Dear Queenie,
A while ago I had an argument with my father and we both said some pretty nasty things and didn’t speak to each other for a while. Eventually I apologised for what I had said, but he wouldn’t forgive me.
A while after that he started another argument and this time I just said I was done talking to him and walked away.
I don’t want things to be like this between us but I’m tired of all the stress. The rest of our family agrees with me that enough is enough.
Queenie, do you think my father will ever learn to do better?—Unforgiving daughter
Dear Queenie,
One of our close friend’s children is getting married for the second time. We are invited to this wedding, as we were to the first one. We like the groom and new bride to be – and their family – very much. We may go, but we are not sure yet.
If we decide not to go, what is the custom on gifts for a second wedding, as we did a lot for the first wedding. I do not feel we have to – or should – give the amount we did for the first wedding. But what is appropriate?
Dear Queenie,
I have a friend who calls me whenever she needs to vent about something that’s gone wrong. She goes on and on about it and can’t get in a word. It’s exhausting and boring and I’m sick of it, but I hate to hurt her feelings.
Queenie, how do I get away from her when she starts in like this?—Had enough
Dear Queenie,
Our son will be going away to college in September and we were pleased that he would be separated from his very clingy girlfriend. But now she has been accepted at the same college and plans to go there because that’s where he will be.
He tried to break up with her once or twice, but she made him feel so guilty about it that he stayed with her. We hoped when he went away to college it would settle the matter, but now this.
Queenie, what do you advise?—Need help
