Advice from Amy Dickinson.
I was happy and content with my single life and have had no interest in dating.I was totally shocked when a gentleman asked me to join him for lunch when we returned home.Over the last year we have become great companions.I am not interested in marriage, only friendship.
You might not be able to knit this group together the way you’d like to in the time frame you’d prefer. And then – move forward. Before inviting him to spend the holidays with your family, you should start with an invitation for coffee, and ask your daughter to join you. If your daughter won’t share this time with him, be patient and trust that she will come around when she is ready.Often when I meet someone new, they’ll ask me if I have children. When I say no, they will then ask if I have pets.
Do you have any suggestions for something I can say to them that would indicate their question is inappropriate, without sounding rude?Like you, I do wonder about the great leap from raising children to raising animals, but unlike you – I don’t necessarily think this is a rude query.It sounds as if these new people are trying to find some common ground as a way to try to get to know you.
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