Dear Annie: I came home to take care of my ailing mom. It was the wrong decision

by Annie Lane

In today's column, Dear Annie advises a reader who went back home to take care of her mother.

Dear Annie: My husband and I are invited to my co-worker’s daughter’s midweek black-tie wedding at 3 p.m. My husband and I would need to leave work early to attend, and I feel it’s a burden to both take time off work and purchase or rent black-tie attire for a warm weather event in the summer.

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