Dear Queenie,
After I graduated from college I got a good job off-island. Since then my parents have moved into a smaller house that only has one bedroom.
I used to have my own room in their old house, but now when I come home to visit them I have to sleep on the sofa in the living room and my parents don’t like for me to stay for more than a day or 2. It feels like they are shutting me out of the family.
Queenie, should I just accept this and keep quiet about it?—Rejected son
Dear Son,
You should talk this over with your parents.
It may be that they “downsized” for financial reasons. If that is the case, and if you can afford it, you could offer them some financial assistance.
At the very least – assuming you can afford it – you could offer to stay in a hotel when you come home to visit. Or – if they need financial help – you could offer to give them what a hotel would cost you.
