Walton Merritt

**Diary Entry** My brother and I are grown men now, each with our own families, but our seventy-year-old

I’m 58 years old. I live alone, but I don’t feel lonely. My husband and I parted ways many years

I’m 58 years old. I live alone, but I don’t feel lonely. My husband and I parted ways many years

I’ve got a sister I don’t want anything to do with anymore. Our relationship’s been broken for ages

The Dreaded Dinner: How the In-Laws Made a Mother Doubt Her Son’s Future In a quiet village near York

**A Chilly Reception** I’d been looking forward to visiting Paul’s parents in their little village near

Six years of scrimping and saving—denying ourselves even the smallest luxuries—finally paid off.

I can no longer bear living with my husband’s grandmother. It’s absolute torture!

*Diary Entry – 12th October* “Why wasn’t I invited?”—my mother-in-law’s voice dripped with hurt

Oh, I just have to vent about my mother-in-law. She’s always forcing her ways on us, and my husband?