DEAR ABBY: My stepdaughter gave her daddy (my husband) concert tickets -- for just him, her husband and herself, and excluded me. I was given no warning that she planned to do this, and all the tickets were all sold out when I went online and looked -- not that I would’ve gone anyhow. It would’ve been pushing my way in where I felt I wasn’t wanted.
How should I handle this? I know my husband is struggling with it, and I’d like to talk to him about it. I feel like he’s being put in the middle and feels he must go because his daughter bought the ticket. Should he not go and make his daughter mad, or go and make me mad? How would you handle this? What should I say to my husband so I’m not the bad guy? -- OUT OF THE ARENA IN ALABAMA
DEAR OUT: What you should say to your husband is the TRUTH. Tell him, “Go to the concert, Honey, and have a good time. I’m just confused about why your daughter didn’t include me.”
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
