Dear Queenie,
Both my husband’s parents and mine have small businesses and both of them have offered my husband a job. My parents say they will not have anything to do with us if he takes the job from his parents.
His parents are making a much better offer, but I don’t want to be cut off from my family.
Queenie, what should we do?—Unemployed
Dear Unemployed,
Your parents are trying to cut you and your husband off from his family. What other aspects of your lives will they try to control if you depend on them for your income?
By all means, take the better job offer, and try to stay in touch with your siblings, if you have any, in spite of your parents’ attempts to cut you off. Hopefully, your parents eventually will realise that they are only punishing themselves.
