Dear Queenie,
My boyfriend and I have been going together for more than a year. Early on I ran into an ex-boyfriend and we had a few drinks together. I ended up kissing him goodbye and I haven’t seen him since.
However, when I told my present boyfriend about it he got mad and broke up with me for a while, but then we got back together.
The problem is his mother and sister. They either ignore me or insult me, even though I have apologized to all of them, and my boyfriend won’t interfere even though I asked him to.
Queenie, I don’t deserve this and I don’t know how much longer I can take it!—D Tired of it all
Dear Tired,
If your boyfriend truly had forgiven you, he would not let his family abuse you this way. As it is, he is letting them punish you on his behalf.
If this is the way he is, it is just as well you know it sooner than later.
