Woman unsure of her place in boyfriend’s heart

5/16/20

DEAR ABBY » I have been dating this guy for about a year. We are both 30. He lives at home. At first I thought it was to take care of his elderly father, but I soon realized it wasn’t the case.

His mom is sweet, yet overbearing. She inserts herself into his life at every opportunity. She talks to him like he’s the butler. They cook together every night and attend church events together. He’s in the choir with her because he said it “pleases” her.

I don’t feel secure in this relationship because I don’t know my place. I feel like I have to compete with her. I see how she manipulates

Bridge

Which is the best bridge pair of all time?

In the United States, you would get many votes for Bob Hamman-Bobby Wolff and Jeff Meckstroth-Eric Rodwell. In Europe, you would also get support for Pietro Forquet-Benito Garozzo.

The Italians produced arguably the best cooperative defense of all time in this deal, which occurred before transfer bids were commonplace. How did they defeat three no-trump after Forquet (West) led the heart five: three, eight, king?

Declarer had seven top tricks (given trick one). If he could establish the diamonds, which looked easy to do, he would have no trouble coasting home with overtricks. But when he cashed the diamond ace, Forquet sacrificed his king! him, and it tears me apart inside. I view it as a hindrance to his own life. He is doing for her what he could be doing for himself or his own family, but he’s stuck in this Mommy cycle.

He will receive a large inheritance when his parents die. Could that be why he does it? He is a great lover and emotionally intelligent, but he depends on his mother too much for my comfort. I caught them in a long embrace (hug) after she had been away all weekend with his father. Then she came over to us while we were watching a movie and started kissing his head! It grossed

From the revealing first trick, Forquet knew that he had to get his partner on lead for a heart play through declarer’s remaining queen-seven. Also, from the point-count, East couldn’t have a quick entry. Perhaps East had jack-third me out. Help!

DEAR DON’T » After reading your letter, it’s apparent that you are competing with his mother rather than she competing with you. There’s a saying that if you want to know how a man will treat his wife, watch how he treats his mother. Keep in mind, if you want to enjoy the earthly rewards after the woman goes on to her heavenly one, she and her “perfect son” are a package deal. of diamonds; hence the unblock.

Now declarer had eight tricks. If the clubs were 3-2 and he could lose a club trick to West, he would be home. So, declarer played a diamond to the queen and led a low club. If Garozzo (East) had followed with the eight, declarer would have played low. But Garozzo put in the 10, forcing declarer to win with the king. Forquet dropped the queen!

Back in dummy after a spade to the ace, declarer tried another low club, but Garozzo played the jack, swallowing his partner’s nine — a crocodile coup. Declarer played a third club, hoping West would win the trick, but that resulted in his finishing down three!