Dear Queenie,
My husband is very rude to my family. They try to be nice to him but he is always looking at his cell phone and if they speak to him, like ask him how his parents are doing, he won’t even look up, just says, “They’re fine,” and goes on with whatever he is doing. If we go out to dinner he doesn’t take part in the conversation, just sits there looking bored.
Queenie, how can I get him to be nicer to them?—Fed-up wife
Dear Wife,
Does your husband especially not like your family or is he this way with everybody? If it is just your family, he should see them less often and when he does see them he should try harder to be at least polite to them.
However, if he is this way with everybody, perhaps he is terribly shy or has other behavioural issues which professional counselling might help him overcome.
