We get a lot of advice questions coming in at EMandLO.com, but sadly, we just can’t answer them all. Which is why, once a week, we turn to you to decide how best to advise a reader. Make your call on the letter below by leaving your advice in the comments section.
Dear Em & Lo,
My sister has a long history of dating douchebags. She’s smart, beautiful, successful, but always picks losers. It’s seems to be getting serious with this latest guy — who’s low class, uneducated, crass, vulgar, sexist, conservative, ugh — and I’m afraid they might get engaged, or worse, elope. I know it’s not up to me, she has to make her own mistakes, I’m not the one that has to be with him really, etc, etc, but I worry she can’t even see the mistake she’s making because of what I can only guess is low self esteem on her part or some Jedi mind trick he’s playing on her. Can I tell her what I really think of him and their relationship, or do I have to just grin and bear it, perhaps for the rest of my life, God forbid.
— Potential Hater-in-Law
