Dear Lisi: My sister-in-law’s sister is a mess. She’s a very pretty woman but doesn’t care at all about her appearance. She wears dresses that don’t flatter her figure at all, and heavy shapeless sweaters over them. She rarely brushes her hair and it’s matted in the back. The worst part is that she smells unwashed — not body odour, just stale.
You may not even realize that you’re being judgmental … but you are. Get out from between these two sisters. How can I tell my wife she should sever ties with this woman? I can’t take it and I know it’s affecting my wife.This woman, not your wife, sounds extremely insecure. I doubt she means any harm or malice, even though she’s annoying both you and your wife. You and your wife could show her some empathy and kindness. I’m not saying you’re not.
“People like myself, who have no use for social media and being harnessed to a device, cannot wait for the day to be free. The wife and daughter should just relax and not worry about him, as for thousands of years people survived old age without an electronic tether.”Reader 2 – “Perhaps you should have added that everyone should just start limiting their phone calls/texts to him to only really important issues so that he might be more inclined to answer his phone.