Advice columnist answers relationship question from @washingtonpost

Name: Advice columnist answers relationship question from @washingtonpost
Uploaded: 2025-09-27T14:02:56.000Z
Channel: washingtonpost
Description: An advice columnist directly addresses a reader's question about whether they can forbid their friends from attending an ex's wedding. She provides a definitive 'no' and explains that friends should be allowed to maintain their own relationships, reframing the issue as a matter of the questioner's own emotional health and advising them to let it go.

An advice columnist directly addresses a reader's question about whether they can forbid their friends from attending an ex's wedding. She provides a definitive 'no' and explains that friends should be allowed to maintain their own relationships, reframing the issue as a matter of the questioner's own emotional health and advising them to let it go.

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Transcript

My friends wanna know if it's okay if they go to my ex's wedding. I feel like I can't say no. Or can I? Actually, you got it right the first worst. You can't say no. If your ex is still legitimately in your friends' lives, then of worse, they should go to the wedding. If If your ex did something really horrible to you, maybe you could talk to them about that. I think your friends were really nice to ask. I think they're being respectful. I don't know. Keeping score and letting this get to you se

Topics: Relationships, Friendship

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