Greek Family
WOMAN NEVER BE GREEK ENOUGH FOR HUSBAND’S FAMILY, DEAR ABBY:
I a Greek man whose family never accepted me. Being and naive, I tried everything to fit in, converting from Catholicism to the Orthodox faith, attending all family functions, including them in our lives. It never enough.
My husband and I traveled to Crete with family to visit his relatives there, and some extended family refused to share the dinner table with me because I was Greek. One of those family members was a priest!
Our daughter, “Athena,” born four years later. What broke the camel’s back for me a Christmas dinner when she was 6. My father-in-law gave with $100 to all the grandchildren of Greek heritage. Athena received nothing and cried for hours to know why her grandfather didn’t love her. My husband just tried stay neutral.
Abby, how far should someone have to go to fit in with husband’s family?
— IRISH AGAIN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE