Woman upset widowed boyfriend celebrated anniversary with his daughter
After 10 months of dating, a woman felt hurt when her widowed boyfriend marked his long marriage anniversary with his daughter and her family without inviting her.
DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a wonderful man for 10 months. He was married for 45 years until his wife died after a five-year illness. He is kind, thoughtful, smart, generous and romantic. Our relationship is exclusive, and things could hardly be better.
Recently, he and one of his grown daughters and her family gathered for dinner to commemorate his wedding anniversary. I thought it was a little strange. She has been gone for two years, and I found myself feeling somewhat hurt. I wasn’t invited to the dinner, which doesn’t bother me, but I can’t escape the feeling that, on some level, he still feels married. Accordingly, I feel as though I’m dating a married man, which I would never do.