“Just Close Family,” My Daughter Said About Her Engagement Dinner. A Week Later, Her Card Was Declined.

reading voraciously, saying yes to social invitations because I don’t have to worry about being someone’s backup plan.

My friend Barbara asked me recently if I ever regretted setting those boundaries, if I ever wished I’d just kept funding Zoey’s wedding or let Jerry stay indefinitely.

“Sometimes,” I admitted. We were in her kitchen, drinking tea and continue reading …