The Best of This Week’s Advice Columns

Dear Prudence So Angry: I can’t figure out how to respond to well-meaning acquaintances/family friends/strangers while I grieve my mom’s death.

I love my in-laws, but they are incredibly challenging house guests with a lot of untreated anxiety.

I’m torn between using what little money I can put away on another trip or putting it in savings.

The next day, he texted me a few times asking mundane questions, and I told him that I needed space to figure out what I wanted.

He then apologized again and took full responsibility, “for ruining what was supposed to be a safe and fun experience for both of us” I’ve been undecided ever since.