She asked me to keep her adoption plan secret — then she let her family know I helped.
To this day, the niece is happy with her decision and participates in the open adoption. Was I wrong to help her and not tell the family?Your letter proves the truth of the adage, “No good deed goes unpunished.”
Your ex-husband’s niece was an adult at the time her third child was born. You were not wrong to help her. That she would betray you after begging for your help shows she wasn’t mature enough to handle the responsibilities of parenting yet another child.was. Her parents have transferred their anger and disappointment in her to you. That it resulted in the failure of your marriage is a shame.
I would offer my sympathy, but perhaps you should thank your lucky stars that this dysfunctional family is in the rear-view mirror.My neighbors and I are lucky to live in a beautiful community, which is quiet and peaceful. Most of us are retired. Four of us have dogs, and we enjoy meeting up and walking them down our street in the mornings. We never walk before 7:30. Quiet hours in our neighborhood are from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Naturally, we chat as we walk our dogs — at normal voice levels. One of our neighbors likes to sleep until 9 a.m., and he keeps complaining that our conservations wake him up.How can we handle this tactfully? We feel we have the right to enjoy our beautiful neighborhood.Of course you do. However, in the spirit of neighborliness, consider walking your dogs in the opposite direction. Either that, or stop chatting when you are near his house and resume once you have passed his bedroom window.
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