DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are drafting our wills. Our sticking level is my son’s spouse. She has had affairs and spends cash like loopy that they don’t have.
Is there any means we are able to shelter from her any inheritance he may obtain from us?
We thought-about hiring a personal investigator however wouldn’t know what we’d do ought to a present affair be found. We couldn’t inform our son.
Please assist us determine.
— TACTFUL IN TEXAS
DEAR TACTFUL: As a result of the legal guidelines range from state to state, the one that ought to reply this query can be your legal professional or your CPA. They’ll advise you on the right way to phrase your wills and property plans.
P.S. As a result of your daughter-in-law has a historical past of infidelity, for those who rent a P.I. and she or he finds proof that she’s dishonest once more, you must let your son know and the context through which the invention was made.
DEAR ABBY: My spouse regularly dirties the flooring in our residence as a result of she refuses to cease carrying footwear in the home.
She’ll be out all day — at work, working errands, and so on. — after which come residence and preserve her identical footwear on. She has even performed yard work after which come inside carrying those self same footwear!
It’s a household trait for her; her mom does the identical factor in her home. We just lately visited her aunt and uncle — each of whom had been carrying outside footwear indoors!
How do I persuade my spouse that our home is soiled particularly due to this?
— IN MY SLIPPERS
DEAR SLIPPERS: In keeping with the August 2024 challenge of Client Experiences, half of family mud is tracked or carried into properties from outdoors. The soles of our footwear may carry viruses in addition to different unhealthy and ugly substances.
Instituting an indoor/outside coverage may assist to maintain your own home cleaner, however the habits of a lifetime are laborious to interrupt, and your spouse might have hassle altering.
A workable compromise may be to have a doormat outdoors for scraping mud and particles off footwear. Counsel it to her as a potential resolution.
DEAR ABBY: My stepson has invited my husband and me to his residence for Thanksgiving this yr. After agreeing to go, I came upon that the meal will encompass vegetarian lasagna.
I really feel that is thoughtless of my stepson and his spouse as a result of they know my husband and I’ve at all times loved conventional Thanksgiving (together with the Thanksgiving meal of roasted turkey).
Please, what’s your opinion? I really feel prefer it’s simply not Thanksgiving with out the turkey.
— WANTING A FEAST IN THE SOUTH
DEAR WANTING: I’m so glad you requested. The Thanksgiving celebration is a practice through which households and pals be a part of collectively to offer thanks for being collectively and luxuriate in meals, friendship and the freedoms we’re privileged to have on this nation.
If you happen to want protein, have some earlier than you go.
Pricey Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also called Jeanne Phillips, and was based by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Pricey Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Field 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
