Dear Abby: Kind gesture blows up in an unpredictable fashion

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Dear Abby: Eighteen months ago, I was staying with my son and his family when they had a get-together with his wife, “Corrine’s,” father. His wife, Corrine’s stepmother, had just finished chemo for several different types of cancer. When Corrine’s dad went to leave, I offered to put together a small plate for his wife, hoping it would make her feel better.

Dear Abby: My son and his wife won’t forgive me for ‘giving away family food’

DEAR ABBY: Eighteen months ago, I was staying with my son and his family when they had a get-together with his wife, “Corrine’s,” father. His wife, Corrine’s stepmother, had just finished chemo for several different types of cancer. When Corrine’s dad went to leave, I offered to put together a small plate for his wife, hoping it would make her feel better. When Corrine saw this from the outside, she came in and accused me of “giving away family …

Dear Abby: I don’t know how this little gesture alienated me from my son and his wife

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Dear Abby: I can’t believe my son and his wife no longer talk to me due to this 1 kind gesture

DEAR ABBY: Eighteen months ago, I was staying with my son and his family when they had a get-together with his wife, “Corrine’s,” father. His wife, Corrine’s stepmother, had just finished chemo for several different types of cancer. When Corrine’s dad went to leave, I offered to put together a small plate for his wife, hoping it would make her feel better.

Dear Abby: Kind gesture gets a surprising reaction

DEAR ABBY: Eighteen months ago, I was staying with my son and his family when they had a get-together with his wife, “Corrine’s,” father. His wife, Corrine’s stepmother, had just finished chemo for several different types of cancer. When Corrine’s dad went to leave, I offered to put together a small plate for his wife, hoping it would make her feel better.