I’m a mentally and physically fit widow in my late 70s. I have been unhappy about my relationship of over 55 years with a “friend” who was once my sister-in-law. Why do I still put up with a person who throws a sarcastic remark at moments when you need a friendly hug? Who never fails, given the opportunity, to rub salt into a wound?
I have two children and four grandchildren who live nearby and we are all very close. It seems unkind to drop her now as she was not so similarly blessed. We all have burdens to carry throughout our lives, I know. But her negative, unfeeling attitudes never fail to irritate or bring me down.
