Help! I Left My Husband for the Guy Next Door. Now My Neighbors Feel “Betrayed.”

Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Get Even More Advice From the Dear Prudence Podcast Dear Prudence, I’m stressing over Halloween way too much this year. Have you ever noticed that as you get older, people are always going “It doesn’t even really feel like the holiday season” and “Summer isn’t special anymore”? If you’re reading that and going, “Um, no, I really just wanted to have a fun party with my friends,” that’s fair! I can’t tell whether the issue with the way your partner’s relatives treat you is limited to introductions or if it extends to other ways of making you feel invisible, like avoiding conversation with you or, rejecting your friend requests on social media, or not acknowledging your birthday or buying holiday gifts for you.