What can I do or say to get her to keep her comments at bay?
What you say to your mother is, “You know I love you, Mom. Thank you for the beautiful body you gave me. I’m sorry you are disappointed with what I have done with it, but in the future please keep your negative comments to yourself because they are hurtful.”I’m engaged to marry the love of my life. We’ve known each other since we were school-age . It will be a second marriage for both of us.
They have been divorced for three years. It bothers me, but I’m hesitant to say anything because I would have to reveal how I know. I absolutely know he loves me and is in love with me. What do I do?I can understand why you are bothered. Successful relationships -- marriages in particular -- are built on trust and honest communication, both of which appear to be absent in this love story.
If you “absolutely know” your fiance loves you, why have you been monitoring his online activities? I think it’s time for full disclosure. Tell him why you felt the need to snoop on him and ask him why he feels the need to check on what his ex is doing. It could be simple curiosity, but if it’s more than that, you are entitled to know.Oftentimes, we like to pay our restaurant check with cash.
More often than not, when the server picks up the folder she or he will say: “Do you need change?” We think asking this question is tacky, and we would prefer something like: “I’ll be right back with your change.” My Scottish heritage wants to say: “Every penny!” but good manners prevents that. In some instances, we do leave a tip added on to the bill and don’t want change -- in which case we say: “No thank you, the change is yours.
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