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Dear Annie: My sister expects me to make my son, and his friends, spend time with her son. Our sons are in their early 20s ...

Dear Sad Sister: You’re right that you can’t force your son to include his cousin -- he’s an adult in charge of his own ...

I do my best to encourage my son to include my nephew, but at his age, I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out ...

Dear Annie: Two and a half years ago, I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My ...

While she can't force her son to hang out with his autistic cousin, Annie does advise her to impress upon him the importance ...

I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out with his cousin. My sister is very angry with me and my son.

"I do my best to encourage my son to include my nephew, but at his age, I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out ...

She tends to find issues with others and with me that are absolutely ridiculous, and anger comes out in tantrums.

Dear Annie: Two and a half years ago, I made the difficult and dangerous decision to leave a 25-year abusive marriage. My ...

I do my best to encourage my son to include my nephew, but at his age, I feel it is not my place to force him to hang out ...

We have not answered their calls and don’t want to. We feel we should, at this time in our lives, not have to deal with them.