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Wednesday, October 13,2021
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Generous friend ready to cut
off assistance
DEAR ABBY: I have a
long-distance friend I met
online 10 years ago. I
took pity on her because
she was nearly destitute,
and I have been helping
her pay her bills. She’s
visited me a number of
times, and I care about
her a lot. However, her
constant requests for
money are starting to
make me uncomfortable.
(She can’t work for health
reasons, and there’s a
major scarcity of social
services or competent
care in her Rust Belt
locality.)
I do not want to contin
ue enabling her. I have
tried suggesting she move
closer to her sister, seek
better care, etc., but she
doesn’t have the motiva
tion. I have a hard time
saying “no” to people. I
got married recently, and
I don’t want this situation
to negatively affect my
relationship with my
wife.
In my friend’s current
emotional state, I’m
afraid if I end my friend
ship with her, she’ll never
recover from the emo
tional trauma. She even
tattooed my name on her
wrist so she’d see it every
time she wanted to cut
herself, like she used to
do before we met. What
should I do? — TIED TO
HER
DEAR TIED: Start
researching assertiveness
training programs for
yourself, because you
sorely need more help
than I can give you in one
column. Discuss this with
your wife for additional
emotional support,
because you are right —
continuing to give your
online friend financial
help WILL destroy your
marriage. After that, tell
this needy woman you
won’t be sending her
more money, and that you
do not want her to contact
you until she has moved
closer to her sister so she
can find the help she
needs. Do not feel guilty
DEAR ABBY
Jeanne Phillips
for doing this. You have
been extraordinarily gen
erous to have let this go
on for a decade.
DEAR ABBY: My hus
band and I have good
friends who winter every
year in another state, half
way across the country.
For years they asked us to
come for a visit. Last
winter, we were vacation
ing about six hours from
where they were staying.
We called and asked if
they were available and if
it would be convenient
for us to come for three
days. They assured us
they had no commitments
and would love for us to
come, which we did.
In the early morning of
the third day, they
announced they had been
invited to go to a ball-
game with a friend and
would be leaving almost
immediately, adding it
was an hour’s drive away
and they would be gone
all day and returning
early evening. They said
we were welcome to "just
hang out” and wait for
them to return. We said
we would head home the
same time they left for
the ballgame. I was
stunned and felt they
were incredibly rude. Am
I overly sensitive, or was
this an acceptable way to
treat guests? — TAKEN
ABACK IN A COLD
STATE
DEAR TAKEN
ABACK: I agree that it
was rude. Your friends
had a choice, to fulfill
their duties as gracious
hosts, or be selfish and go
to the game. By choosing
the latter, they damaged a
longtime friendship. I can
see why you were “taken
aback.”