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Ask Prudie: What to do when your girlfriend’s grandmother refuses to eat chicken wings?

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Dear Prudie: My girlfriend's family struggles a lot because her mom is the only working adult.

I often pay out of pocket to get a family meal and my boss will let me take extra sides home rather than trashing them so they can have leftovers.

Getting enough wings for Grandma is more expensive than getting the family meal.

I love my girlfriend but Grandma needs to learn to shut up.

Dear Prudence : Use your spouse's discomfort with this relationship as a simple way to shut him down.

If you’re dead set on maintaining a working relationship with him, tell this man something along the lines of, “Hey, so we’ve known each other long enough that my spouse would really like to meet you.”.

Your sister is working through some geological-level issues with her sense of self-worth.

She's forming a very ugly relationship with her stepdaughter as a result.

She needs a proper outlet for venting, but she's not allowed to take this anger out on the stepdaughter in any way.

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