DEAR ABBY: My youthful sister and I have been shut rising up. We didn’t have many mates, however we have been at all times prepared to play video games and have enjoyable with one another. At one level, my sister mentioned she needed to marry me once we grew up. I didn’t assume a lot of it as a result of we have been nonetheless youngsters, and I figured she didn’t know there have been several types of love.
As we grew older, we did make our personal mates, and right now I’m engaged to my longtime girlfriend. My sister and my fiancee obtained alongside nice through the years we have been nonetheless simply “boyfriend and girlfriend,” however after we introduced our engagement, my sister turned hostile.
Because it seems, my sister took her intention to marry me critically, and whilst we obtained older and she or he understood the distinction between familial and romantic love, she carried a torch for me effectively into her teenagers.
I would really like my little sister to be a part of the marriage due to how essential she’s been to me, however she stubbornly insists on “successful me again” from my fiancee. Is there a method to clarify the fact of this example, or are our sibling bonds carried out for good? — TERRIFIED SIBLING IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR TERRIFIED: Your sister is in want of the providers of a psychological well being skilled to rid herself of her fixation on you. She ought to NOT be a part of your wedding ceremony as a result of her presence beneath the circumstances may very well be disruptive. If she attends in any respect, somebody needs to be assigned to take away her if she turns into disruptive. Maybe your sibling bond will be reestablished later, however don’t financial institution on it.
DEAR ABBY: I’m courting a person I’ll name Lionel. He’s residing with me briefly (and paying half the hire) whereas I get again on my toes as a result of I used to be just lately laid off.
Lionel was beforehand in an 18-year relationship that ended three years in the past when his ex threw him out. She nonetheless asks him to pay for issues, together with an $1,800 bank card invoice she ran up. He tells me he’s “obliged” to do it, which makes me suspect he’s nonetheless in love along with her. Though Lionel claims he loves me, he nonetheless does issues like this for her. I’m unsure what to assume, and I’m not certain I needs to be with him. Am I mistaken for being upset? — PERPLEXED IN NEVADA
DEAR PERPLEXED: Lionel appears to be a beneficiant particular person. If he’s residing with you to ease your monetary burden because the layoff, I feel you have to be grateful. I don’t know why he feels obligated to repay his ex’s bank card invoice, and also you didn’t point out the rationale.
Calmly talk about this with him earlier than deciding whether or not that is price ending the connection over. If it’s a one-time factor, let it slide no less than till you discover one other job. Nevertheless, if he’s eternally tied to the girl, discover one other roommate.
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