Asking Eric: I didn’t go to my niece’s wedding and there were consequences
By: R. Eric Thomas | Published: 2025-07-21 18:00:00 | Source: www.nj.com
DEAR ERIC: My sister stopped speaking to me because I didn’t attend the wedding of her daughter, my niece.
Every year I purchase very expensive seats for my husband and I to attend a two-day concert, for Father’s Day. The wedding was planned on one of these days. We chose to continue our tradition. When my sister found out, she called me screaming and brought up things she’d been holding on to for years. As always, most of this was fabricated and not true.
There are many issues in my family. I have been on a healing journey from cancer, other health and ancestral trauma and so on.
She is 70 and I’m 75 years old. I want to live in peace and love for the rest of the life I have left. I feel free from family drama. My small immediate family is a blessing. My health, family and loving…
