Dear Therapist: If My Sister Won’t Leave Her Awful Boyfriend, I’m Done With Her
My sister is beautiful, talented, and successful, and I don’t understand why she’s wasting her time with this guy.
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Dear Therapist,
My sister was dating a guy who we thought was an okay guy. They are both in their late 30s. Two months into dating, my sister got pregnant. He is divorced and has a 3-year-old daughter. He makes $700 a week and is struggling to make ends meet, while my sister owns a home and a business. They had discussed his moving into her home so he could “get out of debt.”
After speaking with her therapist, she realized that moving in together was a horrible idea, and she retracted her offer. He completely lost it. As my sister told me more, the red flags were
