Help! Please!
I recently met with an elderly lady whose daughter in law is my friend. We got talking and conversation was flowing until I stumbled upon her misery point. She mentioned that her son (my friend's husband) was very close with his elder brother and that they shared a great bond and that he would never deny anything that his brother asked /sugggested/told. In a hushed tone she mentioned that my friend can't understand this. She was unhappy and complaining. This sent me thinking. An association /relation that has seen one through bad time vs a new association /relation that is equally part of the thick and thin, that is the present and future more than the first one! And the man in question is feeling obliged to put or apparently put the first one first. It's Tricky, really tricky. There are emotions involved from all sides. What is the solution? What does help from the past beget? Sorrow for the present partner. What does the new as...