At our family retreat, my daughter reached for a matching T-shirt, but my sister snatched it away and said it was only for “real families with mothers and fathers.” When Dad added that I had chosen to give her no father, I said, “Understood,” took her home, and canceled every payment I was covering.
Part 3 By Monday morning, the Whitaker family retreat had turned into a financial disaster. No one was forced to leave, but the lodge stopped extending credit. Every room required its own payment card....