Dear Judy,
A friend’s husband died, and it was no surprise. He’s been in bad health for years, and you could tell by his swollen ankles and wandering mind that he wasn’t going to live forever. Also he used to drink like a fish, until he went to AA meetings, but that had its effect too.
My [...]
Dear Judy,
Our father, a drunk, a coke addict, and a womanizer, wants to come to our mother’s funeral. They were divorced for over a decade. We don’t want him around, not at our house, not at the graveside, not in church.
How do we make this clear to him? Or do we have to include him? [...]
Dear Judy,
I’m 27. My boyfriend died in a drunk-driving accident. He was the drunk. I could say a lot about what life with him was like. We had a kid together, he’s 2. I’ll be truthful. I’m glad my boyfriend’s no longer around because of the kid, and other things.
My boyfriend’s parents want to keep [...]
Dear Judy
My mother was killed in a crash last June: it was late at night, and some guy cut them off, and the rest was a disaster. The driver was her good friend: they worked together too. I know he drank too much sometimes when he was at our house, but I don’t know if [...]
Dear Judy,
My husband and I were going through a very nasty divorce, involving 3 kids (17,14 and 10), charges of adultery (mine..but I had my reasons) and of course money (his) — when in the midst of all the legal wrangling he suffered a major stroke. And died about a day later. He was a [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009