Dear Queenie,
Our parents are divorced and our father lives on another island. He has a small apartment, only one bedroom, and when my sister and I visit him he gives us the bedroom and he sleeps in the living room on a sofa.
Now he has another man living with him and we don’t know what arrangements they will make for us the next time we visit.
Queenie, is there any way we can get out of going to visit them?—Teenage daughters
Dear Daughters,
Is it possible that your father is gay and this other man is not just his roommate, but his “partner”? Whatever the case may be, I am certain your father and his roommate will do their very best to make your visit pleasant and comfortable for you. And as there are now two of them, you may find that they have moved to a larger apartment or maybe even a house.
Try to enjoy visiting with your father, and remember that in a few more years you and your sister will be legally adult and will not have to visit your father if you do not want to.
