DEAR ABBY: My sister handed away from most cancers seven years in the past. Her daughter and I’ve all the time been shut — doing issues collectively, happening journeys, and many others.
4 years in the past, she began courting a man who thinks he’s higher than everybody. I’ve met him however have but to satisfy the remainder of his household. She all the time comes up with some excuse.
This previous weekend she advised me they had been going someplace particular so he might suggest, and he needed to borrow a hoop he had already given her (which I believed was odd). Then I noticed on Fb that his complete household was there for that particular second, however I wasn’t invited.
I’m heartbroken. If he deliberate it and didn’t ask me, that’s being a jerk. However my niece understanding about it and excluding me is a distinct story. I’m harm and indignant. I don’t know what to say to her at this level. I really feel she’s ashamed of or embarrassed by me as a result of I don’t drive a flowery automobile. — OVERLOOKED AUNT IN VIRGINIA
DEAR AUNT: You state that your niece’s boyfriend thinks he’s “higher than everybody” and you believe you studied you had been excluded from the engagement occasion as a result of you aren’t as rich because the household he comes from. But when he couldn’t afford to purchase your niece an engagement ring and wanted to borrow one he had already given her, it’s possible you’ll be overestimating his internet price.
I can’t blame you for feeling the best way you do, and please notice you’ve gotten each proper to precise these emotions to the inconsiderate niece you befriended.
Expensive Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, often known as Jeanne Phillips, and was based by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Expensive Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Field 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
