Dear Queenie,
I’ve been divorced for a long time and my ex-wife has gotten married again. We have a teenage son who lives with his mother and her new husband.
When it’s time to get his mother a gift, like her birthday or Christmas, my son comes to me for help choosing and paying for it. I want him to get her a gift and be happy about it, but I don’t think I should be involved.
Queenie, what do you think?—Ex-husband
Dear Ex-husband,
I think your son, as a teenager, probably gets an allowance or gets paid for doing chores around the house. He should be able to ask his stepfather for help choosing a gift for his mother, the man’s wife, and to ask whoever pays his allowance for financial help.
