Carolyn Hax scolds a mom who bears deep contempt for her son’s new wife. Mom laments that the new wife didn’t like the fact that Mom has a bedbug infestation in their home, and knew about it before the son and his family visited, and didn’t tell them. Mom is outraged that the new wife moved the family to a hotel, washed all of their stuff with hot water, and threw away their suitcases. After all, Mom says, she read on the internet that bedbugs aren’t really a medical problem.
Eeeeew.
Carolyn scolds Mom for her deep contempt for the new wife. But maybe misses an issue. Mom and her husband might have some serious depression. Normal people don’t let stuff like this go on.