'I Want to Be a Good Daughter But I'm Allergic to My Parents' Friends!'

These difficult feelings are here to help you locate your own needs and desires.

Peaks (1970) by Helen Lundeberg

Hi Polly,

I need help managing an allergy to my parents' friends. For background, the family players are: me, a mid-30s woman who has lived in NYC for over a decade; Mom living with partner "Jerry" in the midwest where I was raised; Dad living in the south since I was in college; my early-30s brother living in the midwest n…