Plus: I put on a skimpy slip and invited the doorman in.
: My stepdaughter has an 11-year-old daughter I’ll call “Kristina.” She is very well-behaved, but she’s being taught at home that love is measured in dollars.It has gotten so bad that when she’s staying with me, I postpone errands because she invariably finds something in every store that she needs or wants. I don’t mind buying her things from time to time, but the items I purchase are sometimes returned to the store or sold by her mother.
Then there’s her birthday. After Christmas each year, she starts hinting that her birthday is coming up. Abby, she was born in! For six months, almost without exception, she brings up her birthday in every conversation until she’s sure I have bought her a gift.Don’t even suggest that I talk with her parents about it, because they spend money they don’t have to buy her gifts and then struggle to pay bills. They also don’t seem to appreciate what we do for them and don’t always thank us.
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