Dear Queenie,
My husband’s son lives in another country. He has a pretty good job and mostly supports himself, and the only time we hear from him is when he wants to come visit us or he needs some money.
Usually we are happy to have him visit us, but last Christmas my son and his family came and stayed with us for 2 weeks and when my stepson also wanted to come and stay with us we had to tell him no, we just didn’t have enough room for so many people.
We suggested he come around Valentines Day instead and he said he’d think about it, but we never heard from him again even though we tried to call him and left a lot of messages.
Queenie, how can we fix this mess?—Stepmother
Dear Stepmother,
There is not much you can do about your stepson’s behaviour except keep trying to call him once in a while. But you probably will hear from him again when he needs money.
