Dear Auntie Linda, My husband Β is seventy-four and I am sixty- eight. Β We are retired Military. Β We built a house near our only daughter’s family. at their home in the mountains in Virginia just two years ago so our daughter could help us out. Β Now her husband has taken a job in Miami and wants us to buy a houseboat to dock near them. We don’t think that’s a great idea. My husband has Parkinson’s Disease and I have Diabetic Neuropathy. Β He is a good man and I don’t want to make him mad. Β Need Help
Dear Need Help, I’ll be generous here and just say your son in law is out in la-la land. Β If I were more critical I might say he planned to hornswoggle you out of a houseboat. Β I believe if I moved to Miami, I’d invest in a nice condo and keep my business to myself.
Dear Auntie Linda, Β My mother brought me a special cheesecake. Β I offered to share the the last piece when she came over one day and she refused, but when I went in to get it later, she’d slipped back in and scooped the whipped cream off the top, ruining it. Β Why didn’t she just take it or leave it? Β Messed up
Dear Messed Up, Β I guess she had gifter’s remorse or thought you were blind? Β Auntie Linda