30-05-2025
Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend is suspiciously fine with her family's consumer excesses
Dear Carolyn: I was very fortunate that my parents raised me to appreciate simplicity and avoid greed and excess.
Now I'm in love with a wonderful woman whose family lives what I consider a toxic lifestyle. Examples: They serve too much food for parties and holidays — more than can be eaten not just on that day, but on several days; they exchange so many useless gifts at every giving occasion (Christmas, birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc.); their closets are stuffed with more clothing and shoes than you could wear in a lifetime; their home is overflowing with furniture, tchotchkes and other useless things.
