Giving an effort will mean a lot to sister

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June 10, 2019 - 10:10 AM

Hi, Carolyn: Can you will yourself to like someone? My sister is dating someone who annoys me. I don’t think I’ll ever like him. I’m hoping they break up, but it’s stressful for my sister because she wants all of us to hang out. She can sense I don’t like him, but I don’t want to tell her when she asks me. Any advice?

— Virginia

Virginia: Well, you can try. And there’s a lot of love in the trying.

I suggest you be honest about both with your sister. Stress thrives in uncertainty, and she has a lot of that right now: She has one-big-happy-family expectations she’s…

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