(Illustration by Nick Galifianakis for The Washington Post) Column by Carolyn Hax and Haben Kelati

We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are below.

Dear Carolyn: My 15-year-old daughter is supposed to go on vacation with her best friend and her family to France for two weeks. Great plan except bestie now has a boyfriend and has been canceling each and every plan with my daughter for the past couple of months. Daughter has been feeling terribly neglected and cries over this weekly. PAID PROMOTED STORIES

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