Asking Eric: New wife won’t cut apron strings for her sons

Dear Eric: My wife and I have been married a little over three years and have known each other for more than six years. This is a blended family, and my wife has a 22-year-old recent college grad, and a 27-year-old alcoholic son from her first marriage. This is my first marriage.

Presently we are at an impasse in our marriage. My wife cannot cut the apron strings and has put her grown sons ahead of our marriage.