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Dear Abby: I Take Being a People Pleaser to the Next Level
A grandfather moved to support his daughter and granddaughter but faces limited access and strained family dynamics, risking emotional harm without resolution, advice suggests therapy or returning home.
- Five years ago the grandfather moved near Christi and his granddaughter but has since been given very little access to either of them.
- Ten years ago, he reconnected with Christi, daughter, after learning she was his daughter, and after retirement, Christi asked him to move closer to help with driving to school and activities.
- He says he feels treated like a chauffeur and reports Christi's wider family has `poisoned my granddaughter against me`, sidelining his role in their lives.
- The situation has left him miserable, affecting his mental health, and he fears speaking up will end the relationship with his granddaughter and Christi.
- The column recommends revisiting those earlier conversations with Christi and consulting a licensed psychotherapist if the relationship seems fixable, but returning to the community he came from if no change occurs.
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Dear Abby: I take being a people pleaser to the next level
DEAR ABBY: Where and how do you draw the line between being kind and being a people pleaser? Furthermore, how do you know when you’re doing something that you don’t particularly want to do, but don’t mind doing, either out of kindness or an inability to say no?
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Decatur DailySUNDAY ADVICE: Effort to be a good grandpa doesn't go as planned
Dear Abby: Ten years ago, I connected with "Christi," a daughter I fathered with a woman I was in a relationship with for a short time decades ago. We split before Christi was born. My ex-girlfriend didn't tell me about…
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