Dear Queenie,
Some time ago my son had some financial problems and borrowed a couple of thousand dollars from me. He promised to pay me back as soon as he could, but up to now he hasn’t paid anything on the loan.
Now he is getting married and as a wedding gift I told him I would cancel the loan and he didn’t have to pay me anything. I thought that was a generous gift, but my son got mad at me for being stingy.
I’m not that well-off and I could really use the money he borrowed, and now it’s obvious that he never intended to pay me back.
Queenie, what do you think of all this?—Not-rich Mother
Dear Mother,
I think you are being generous, not stingy, and your son should be grateful, not rude, about your choice of wedding gift.
