Every year my sister holds a Halloween party for all our friends. We’re close in age and grew up very close with many mutual friends and matching sibling friends. We always set up the house together and get our boyfriends (of the time) to help set up the garden.
My sister was married for less than a year to a man who owned his home. He was successful for his age and time and a smart investor. As soon as they married, they wrote out wills leaving everything to each other.
A few months into their marriage he was diagnosed with an incurable cancer that had been growing asymptomatically. She now lives in a beautiful house on her own. The problem is she doesn’t like my boyfriend, I don’t like hers and they don’t like each other.
No one wants to decorate the garden. What do we do? Tell your boyfriends to stay home and you go bond with your sister. Decorate the garden yourselves, or ask some tall, strong friends to help you out.
Halloween parties are for fun, not for fighting. Your boyfriends need to grow up. I have a question about dealing with stubborn senior parents.
My mom is 75 and a full-time caregiver to her 85-year-old common law partner, my stepfather. He has three useless kids who won’t help. The only time we see them is at Christmas when they come with their hands out.
Their dad always gives them money. His daughter then whispers to my mom what a jerk she thinks her father is. Recently, Mom has had some health issues.
She needs cataract surgery and someone to ta.
