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"I don’t want my son’s girlfriend to horn her way into every family event"

Just two mean girls, piling on.

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Rachel Wildavsky
Jun 14, 2024
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Original column: Dear Abby, May 29 2024

My take: The LW’s son found a girlfriend almost a year ago, in his sophomore year of college, and the LW feels the girl spends entirely too much time with their family. She’s with them for holidays. When the LW visits her son, the girlfriend “attends all dinners and family eve…

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