My son stole money meant for his daughters…
DEAR ABBY: My oldest granddaughter can be wanting at schools soon. My son and her mom are divorced. My dad and mom gave my son (their grandson) money to put away in accounts for his daughters’ faculty. Instead, he helped himself to that money before the divorce. When his ex-wife told me about it, I confronted him. I made a decision not to inform my dad and mom about it because I used to be afraid it would shock them into a stroke or coronary heart assault. They are in their 90s.
I’ve put away some money to help pay for faculty, but it gained’t cowl the prices. I’ve stored this a secret because I don’t trust my son to handle it. When I requested him how he deliberate to help pay for faculty, he said he would use the money he now pays for baby help. I don’t discover that reply passable.
I really feel like a failure for having raised a son who would take money that belongs to his youngsters. My granddaughter is upset and feels her father has ruined her future. She also thinks I ought to inform my dad and mom that he stole the money they meant for her. What do you suppose I ought to do? — MORTIFIED IN MASSACHUSETTS
DEAR MORTIFIED: I suspect that you didn’t inform your dad and mom what your son did because you’re ashamed of how he has turned out. That he would steal from his daughters is despicable. I don’t blame your granddaughter for being offended with her father for what he did. I doubt that your dad and mom understanding the reality will have an effect on their health. Inform them about what occurred to the school fund, in case they’ve been planning to go away something in their property to their grandson.
DEAR ABBY: I’ve conflicting emotions concerning Valentine’s Day. I imagine it’s a celebration for {couples} moderately than co-workers. My husband’s workplace workers (eight younger ladies under the age of 30) insist on celebrating Valentine’s Day with decorations on all workplace doorways, full with hearts and cupids. They have a catered lunch with specialty treats of chocolate-covered strawberries, fudge hearts and the customary coronary heart candies that read “Be Mine,” “I Love You”, and so forth.
My husband has been with this company for 30 years, and we’ve been together for 15 of them, but this Valentine’s Day celebration started only 4 years in the past. I’m 65 and have labored 20-plus years for a Fortune 500 company workplace and NEVER has Valentine’s Day been celebrated in the workplace. Christmas, yes. Fourth of July, yes. But Valentine’s Day? Am I just outdated and cranky? This has been a source of competition between my husband and me since it started. — NOT LOVIN’ THAT IN TEXAS
DEAR NOT LOVIN’: I’ve heard of some people loving their jobs; maybe this is their method of displaying it. It could also be the employer’s method of displaying appreciation for their (largely feminine) help workers. Unless you have got gotten a “whiff” that there’s more than that going on, let it journey.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also identified as Jeanne Phillips, and was based by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at http://www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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