Dear Judy,
Everyone in my neighborhood knows that the husband of a certain woman kept a mistress, if that isn’t too old-fashioned a word these days.
He died some months ago, not in her arms or anything (on a business trip in North Carolina, actually) and the girlfriend got a condo in his will, and also some [...]
Dear Judy,
My best friend’s husband died last year: brain cancer. We all helped out during the bad times: bringing her food, comfort — even driving her to church, when she didn’t feel up to it. She works for a living (she’s an RN with a lot of private clients) so eventually she got back to [...]
Dear Judy,
I’m a paralegal at a big law firm. One of our senior partners (son of a founding partner) lost his wife. That was 3 years ago. Ever since he’s been a tyrant.
New rules have been enforced thanks to him. We all have to dress conservatively, and that means hemlines over the knee. We all have [...]
Dear Judy,
How would you determine at what age a youngster is equipped to go to a funeral? Does it depend more on the relationship with the dead person, do you think? Or are there age guidelines? I am really in a quandary.
Mrs. C in Chicago
Dear Mrs C,
I do believe, and I [...]
Dear Judy
When my father, from whom I was estranged, died my mother insisted for reasons I cannot fathom that I go to his funeral. God knows why, but I did go. I’m still kicking myself. When my father left the family, I was 11, my sister 10, and he barely paid any attention at all to any of [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009