Group Therapy ThursdayIt's Group Therapy Thursday!
Dear Ted and Amy,
I married into a big family and we always have a huge Thanksgiving gathering at my mother-in-law’s house. My wife has always told me that her mother never really liked the guys that she dated . . . until they broke up. And then she still wanted them hanging around. In fact, for years, my mother-in-law has continued to invite a couple of my wife’s exes to share Thanksgiving dinner with us! The ones who come are friends with some of my wife’s siblings, so that’s how they still manage to get an invite. It’s not like I’m paranoid that she’s going to go back to one of them after seeing them over the cranberries but I feel like it’s kind of disrespectful of my mother-in-law to not recognize this could be a bit awkward for her daughter’s current husband. Should I just accept that we’ve all had past relationships and just because they’re not together anymore, they are still friends of the family? Or should I tell her that I would appreciate it if she keeps in touch with my wife’s exes when I’m not around?
Signed,
Perturbed in Pompey
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