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Asking Eric: Brother-in-Law Stopped Inviting Us
The reader seeks advice on managing ongoing family tensions caused by unreciprocated invitations and handling her elderly mother’s lengthy phone conversations.
- R. Eric Thomas received a letter from a reader about her husband insisting on inviting his only sibling despite that couple stopping invites a few years ago, and about her 84-year-old mother's rambling calls, in his Tribune Content Agency column.
- After the household exchanges collapsed a few years earlier, the husband insists on inviting his only sibling to small celebrations despite non-reciprocation, while the brother-in-law and his wife still invite the husband's parents.
- R. Eric Thomas advised asking the brother-in-law directly why they stopped inviting you, warning that a firm `no` could harm the marriage.
- The reader says she refuses invites except for her husband's birthday exception and is tired of repeated arguments, seeking an "ironclad" reason as the brother-in-law attends the husband's birthday but does not reciprocate.
- He counseled keeping two goals top of mind: preserving the marriage and staying connected, noting the brother-in-law may be treating the reader unfairly but warned against letting that poison her marriage.
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News & RecordElderly mother's constant rambling tests patience
Dear Eric: I love my mother dearly but at 84 she has reached the point of rambling. She is still fully in control of her capabilities and is mentally acute, but her conversations are now filled with details about friends…
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Asking Eric: Mother’s rambling tests patience
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