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Carolyn Hax: For a distant aunt, it’s best to avoid this minefield

 
Carolyn Hax
 
 

For a distant aunt, it's best to avoid this minefield

Adapted from a recent online discussion.

Dear Carolyn: I have a niece in her 20s. She's been living on her own for years, far from me and her parents.

She's become engaged to a man her parents have met briefly. I have not met him. Her parents are very hostile to their wedding plans. I'd like to reach out to my niece in support, but I'm not sure how to go about it.

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