Dear Queenie,
I babysit often for a neighbour. The problem is the mother has the habit of calling me at a moment’s notice, or saying something like “I’ll need you tomorrow, but I don’t know what time.”
The children are well-behaved and I enjoy taking care of them and I certainly can use the money she pays me, but I don’t like having to change my plans at the last minute.
Queenie, how do I get her to be more considerate?—Fed up
Dear Queenie,
My 14-year-old daughter wants to go live with her father (we're divorced) because she says I have too many rules and restrictions and he gives her all the freedom she wants.
I have tried to tell him that she is too young to be so unsupervised, but he claims he is teaching her to make her own decisions.
Queenie, is he right?—Worried mother
Dear Queenie,
My boyfriend wants me to move in with him so we can see if we're ready to get married. I would rather wait to see if we really want to spend the rest of our lives together before we start living together
Queenie, what do you advise?—To be or not to be together
Dear Queenie,
My boyfriend has asked me to marry him and I am certain that that is what I want, except for one problem. I am still a virgin because I have been saving myself for marriage, but I know he had some experience with other women before we started going together.
I don’t think he would ever cheat on me, but it really bothers me that he doesn’t think this is important.
Queenie, how do I get over this?—Resentful
Dear Queenie,
A friend of mine has gotten involved with a man she met online. He’s told her a lot of things about himself that sound too good to be true, so I did some checking on the internet and I couldn’t find anything to back up all the things he has told her, in fact just the opposite.
I want to tell her what I have learned, but my husband says to MYOB.
Queenie, what do you say?—Undecided
