Dear Amy: I brought a bottle of wine and handed it to the hostess. I was informed that there would be no alcohol being served. The hosts did have water and soft drinks. Should I have asked for my wine back?If they don't drink alcohol, what happened to my wine?
Dear Amy: My 82-year-old mother has an undiagnosed mental illness, marked by narcissism, paranoia, delusions, and abusive rages.
But then last year, because I failed to return her call during the single hour I was in church for a special Mother’s Day service , she left me more than a half-dozen increasingly hostile and abusive voicemails.I then wrote her a long letter explaining why I was ending my relationship with her, and that the only way I would ever reconcile with her is if she agreed to see a psychiatrist .
Your compassion toward your mother is revealed in your narrative, so you should work toward staying in an attitude of compassion, mainly toward yourself for the choices you’ve been forced to make – but also toward your mother.Dear Amy: Recently my husband’s high school class organized a get together at a classmate’s home, with about 30 people in attendance.While chatting with some of his other classmates I was informed that there would be no alcohol being served.
What happens to this bottle next is very much up to them. If you invite them to dinner, you might see it returned to you as a host-gift.
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