Dear LFTP: dating your ex-wife's sister, plus the dog in the manger
- Is there any reason a divorced man should not pursue a serious relationship with his ex-wife's sister when it is upsetting the ex-wife's family?
- What is the dog in the manger fable about?
A 57-year-old divorced man writes that he's seriously dating his ex-wife's sister Edith and his ex is turning family and friends against them. The hosts call it a terrible idea: the complication never goes away (holidays, deaths), and Dan suggests the real driver is both of them being angry at the ex. The Secular answer says the ex lost the right to dictate his dating life, calling her 'the proverbial dog in the manger' — prompting Ben to look up the Greek fable and read its Gospel of Thomas saying-102 variant aloud.
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