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Dear Prudence: My sister-in-law is miserable and confrontational.
She's accomplished, but despite her training, has no sense of boundaries.
Your husband frequently drives three hours to fix her house for no pay.
Even other people like her, who are pretty smart, tend to not like it.
I know I am weird, but I don’t want help in the kitchen, before or after the meal.
Ask your wife or someone else from the household to be available to chat and keep guests busy while you get to work.
There are all kinds of ways to let friends into our lives and allow them to offer us help when we need it.
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