So,  My DH and I were trying to enjoy a nice dinner at a waterfront restaurant.. and had the luck of sitting about 20 feet from a couple of ladies who were clearly in a dissect and drama discussion.  One of the ladies was definitely a "loud talker".. completely oblivious to the fact that what she was talking about was no one's business.. nor did they WANT to hear it.. or have their quiet dinner interrupted by her harpy opintions. but alas.. we got to hear much of it.

Just looking for some general advice on relative "fairness" and what I should do in a sticky situation.

I have known this horse trainer for about 3-4 years.  I first kept a horse I purchased at her boarding barn.. paid faithfully each month and paid her to give me lessons and work with the horse.  Ulitmately I decided to sell that horse and she helped me sell him and I paid her a 10% commission.

Yep.. Father's day was this past Sunday.  Of course, I was an idiot and thought it was the weekend BEFORE.. so made plans to go see my dad and take him his gift last week.. which turned out to be a good thing because a very dear friend of ours passed away that day.. and his funeral was this past weekend.. so it was just as well that we had taken care of the visit the week before. (its about 4 hour drive each way).

So, it's not my problem, but my brother's family dealing with this issue.

His son is in elementary school... 4th/5th grade (never can keep this straight..haha).  It's a private school.  His wife also works at the school in an educator position.

The problem is that there are two brothers that have taken to targeting my nephew.  He is a smart kid.. talented at sports but he is not a huge kid for his age.