"DEAR ABBY: Some longtime friends, the Smiths, are driving us crazy. They are the kind of people who would do anything for us, but we're at the end of our rope with them. Every single conversation involves listening to them brag about their son or grandson, neither of whom is anything special. The Smiths never ask about our kids or grandkids. We've had to stop inviting them when we host others for dinners at our house."
"DEAR ABBY: I am a victim of childhood sexual assault. I'm 52, and memories that I have repressed for so many years are coming back to haunt me. I have been with my husband for 14 years. We have enjoyed a very sexual relationship, but, lately, the memories are causing me to want to avoid intimacy with him. I want to tell law enforcement, but my mother is still married to my abuser, and I don't want to hurt her. He also molested my older sister."
One correspondent reports longtime friends who dominate conversations with constant bragging about their children and grandchildren, never inquire about others, and have become uninvited at social gatherings; the recommended response is to stop inviting them, become less available for social occasions, and, if necessary, directly explain the reason to them. Another correspondent reports recovered memories of childhood sexual assault that now interfere with intimacy; the recommended actions are to seek counseling, talk with siblings and cousins who were also victimized, and ask them to join in filing a police report against the abuser.
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