Carolyn Hax: Friend refers to her daughter’s partner as her ‘roommate.’ Let it go?
| A friend seems to be struggling with the idea that her daughter's partner is more than just a "roommate," and keeps re-asking the same questions about it. |
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| | | |  |  | | Advice to help you tackle life's problems. | | | | | |  (Nick Galifianakis for The Post) | Dear Carolyn: My best friend and I talk almost every day. Her adult daughter, to whom I am close, recently came to a memorial service we were all attending and brought her partner, with whom she has been living for three years. Upon their arrival I gave them both a hug. Her mom then proceeded to question me as to why I hugged her daughter's "roommate." She must be totally unaware of her daughter's romantic relationship with her partner. It has come up more than once since, and since it is not my right to share this information, I have changed the subject or made excuses ("It was a sad occasion," "I was feeling close to both of them"). What now? How do I not tell her? She won't let it go. — California | | | Want more?Carolyn's been writing her advice column for two decades. Explore the archives below. | | | | | | | | | |
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