Dear Abby: I have a set of chippendale -style dining chairs that are over 100 years old. They are of sentimental value for me because I grew up with them.
Recently, at a considerable cost, I repaired and replied.
The son -in -law of my husband, “Isaac”, whom I love very much, weighs between 450 and 500 pounds. When the family is having dinner, use one of the chairs. They are not intended to maintain that weight.
My husband and I agree that we must buy a heavy duty chair that can accommodate Isaac’s weight. However, I don’t know how to transmit to Isaac that the new chair is for him without causing or hurting feelings.
Do you have a suggestion?
– Sted slightly
Dear footprint: Her husband must explain the potential problem to her daughter so she can point to her husband that she has acquired a special dining room chair to use it in family dinners.
Dear Abby: My friend “Alma” has a parking permit for disabled. I never asked him why he has it. We regularly went for a walk long, and she seems perfectly capable of body.
Alma shared with me once he received the label after an accident left her with an intermittent long -term pain. He said that most of the days do not need accessible parking and does not use it, but that when his pain stands out, it is useful to be able to use a parking space for disabled.
However, I have the leg with soul in situations where there is limited parking and she suggests using a space for disabled. I feel uncomfortable to take a space to someone who needs it, but also uncomfortable by questioning whether Alma needs it or is only for convenience.
What is the clean label here?
– Empathetic in Texas
Empathetic Estimated: The right label would be to tell her friend Alma (with a smile) who, unless he has pain that day, would prefer to park a small party in a regular parking lot.
Dear Abby: My son works two jobs and takes university classes. His dead girlfriend doesn’t work.
They broke briefly, and she moved with another boy, but he refused to support her, so she returned to my son again.
She knows that I have her number, so we do not get along, which puts tension in my relationship with my son. He deserves a better partner in life, but he doesn’t see it that way.
Is there anything I can do to wake it up?
– Plain as a day in Washington
Dear plain: Your child is young and has not had time to gain much experience about romantic relationships.
If he did not realize the fact that his girlfriend left, Hey Bee, he thought he had found another meal, and that she returned alone when the boy refused to support her, keep in mind that it can be said that Sidy Sainty Ordady will learn a painful lesson on her own.
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