Her mother-in-law wears unflattering clothing that is usually “too tight or too short.”
I’ll get straight to the point. My mother-in-law dresses in clothes that are too tight or too short. The clothes aren’t revealing, necessarily, but they don’t flatter her figure at all. They make her look like she has absolutely no sense of style. I feel bad for her.I know that she thinks she looks good in these clothes, but I also know that she would want to know if something looked bad on her. The problem is, I have absolutely no idea how to broach the subject.
During covid we began having weekly dinners with them, forming a sort of “pod.” After restrictions eased, these weekly dinners became assumed. I’m in a quandary as to how to approach this person to say that these nights have become unpleasant, and we’d like to extricate ourselves from “standing dinner dates.” Obviously, this could be very awkward living in such close proximity. I’d appreciate your advice on how to handle this.You need to back away from the intensity of these weekly dinners, and try to transition to a relationship that is less loaded, and more neighborly.
Yes, this is only a degree of honesty. Paddle around in this polite vagueness. Because you are next-door neighbors and this spouse is particularly aggressive, it might be best not to directly confront them with your specific reasons.
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