Dear Queenie,
My wife and her sister are very close and always seem to be together or talking to each other on the phone. We don’t ever seem to get any time alone together, because her sister always seems to be there or to show up soon after we start. It gets to be so much that when she stays overnight with us sometimes I wonder why she isn’t there sleeping with us in our bed!
Queenie, am I making too much of this like my wife says or is this just too much togetherness?—Three’s a crowd
Dear Crowded,
Are these sisters perhaps twins? Twins often do seem to have a special bond.
That said, you are not making too much of this. There is a reason the marriage vows include the phrase “forsaking all others.”
Your wife should not have to give up her sister’s company altogether, but she should be willing to schedule a reasonable amount of “alone time” for just the two of you.
