Dear Queenie,
My husband and I are going to have our first child in a couple of months. Our only problem is my mother-in-law’s husband. They got together after my husband was grown up and out on his own, so he doesn’t think of that man as his stepfather and we really don’t like him and the way he behaves and how he treats my mother-in-law and we never want that man to have anything to do with our children.
My husband has told his mother how we feel about her husband but she thinks we’re just being too sensitive.
Queenie, how do I tell my mother-in-law that she is welcome to visit us, but not her husband?—Worried mother-to-be
Dear Mother-to-be,
Tell your mother-in-law that you would love to have her visit you when her grandchild arrives, but only her, because she knows how you feel about her husband, and do not listen to or accept any argument on her part. You may be surprised to find that you get no argument from her on the subject.
