Jeanne PhillipsDEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for five years. My mother-in-law uses an app to track my husband. She pressured him into installing it right before our wedding and has tracked him ever since. Part of me feels that if he wants to let his mother track him, that’s his business. But another part of me feels this is an invasion of my privacy as well. Am I wrong to be upset about this? – UNEASY IN KANSAS
DEAR UNEASY: You’re not wrong. Your husband should revoke the location permission on the app on his phone or delete it altogether.
What his mother is doing is sick. She is using the tracker as a substitute for the umbilical cord that should have been severed when her son was born. It’s a huge invasion of your and your husband’s privacy.
He is so used to caving in to his mother that he doesn’t have the strength to assert himself. Enlist the help of a licensed marriage and family therapist for suggestions.
DEAR ABBY: My relationship with my boyfriend has been wonderful, except for one issue. He wants us to have a three-way with another woman. Even after I let him know I’m not bisexual, he has suggested it multiple times. Some of my previous partners have suggested this as well, and it has left me feeling as though I will never be enough. I consider it cheating, although they might disagree because I would be involved.