Dear Ann Landers,
o you know why so many women complain about insufficient physical attention from their husbands? Well, I can tell you. It's because their timing is lousy, that's why. Most men come home from work about 6 p.m., exhausted from fighting with employees, associates, bosses and the worst kooks of all- customers. The minute he hits the door, the kids are on him. Gloria needs a new dress for a party. Junior wants an electric guitar. All through dinner, the kids are campaigning and the little woman is in there backing up the kids. When dinner is over, the wife starts on what she needs. "The washer broke down today. It'll cost so much to get it fixed we really ought to buy a new one." "My mother needs an operation. You know who is going to have to pay for it." "The living room rug is so shabby I'm ashamed to have people in. I saw a real bargain advertised in the paper...." All this chatter goes on and on until the lights go out. And then-zowie! In two seconds, the husband is supposed to turn into a sex maniac. This has happened so many times at our house that I'm sure it hap-pens in thousands of other houses. So stop sending people to doctors, Ann. Tell the wives to improve their timing and they won't be so frus-trated.

Dear Ann,
What a rotten trick you pulled on every love-starved wife in America. I wonder if you know how much trouble you caused. My Lochinvar has been giving me the old routine: "I'm dead tired beating my brains out making a living for you and the kids-blah blah blah." I've been saying it is not normal for a man who is 38 years old to be too tired for love no matter how hard he works at his job. Then, you come along with your lousy column and take his side. He has talked of nothing else for two days. Why don't you retire? -Mad Dear Ann: I wish I could trade places with Wall Street Warrior's wife. She doesn't know how lucky she is. My husband thinks sex is the answer to everything-tension, sleeplessness, worry, headache. Where The Rest if Ann Laniers / 4 9 he got this crazy idea, I'll never know, but it has been the bane of my existence for 15 years. I wonder if I'm the only woman in the world who is married to such a nut. Ask around, will you? -Paducah Shimmy Queen Dear Ann: Please tell "Warrior" he is an ignorant boob. When will men learn that sex and love are not the same thing? A simple "I love you," a warm caress or a sweet kiss on the cheek would keep most hardworking, floor-scrubbing, baby-tending wives happy for a week. In fact, a little affection without sex as the objective would be darned welcome. Women get tired, too, you know. -Madeline Dear Ann: "Veteran" had a lot to say about women, most of it rub-bish. Funny how some men can be so smart when it comes to business and so stupid when it comes to the female psyche. Veteran complained because his wife's timing was poor. Even the dumbest wife knows that the only way to get anything extra out of a husband is to nail him when he feels romantic. Any wife who tries to get a new vacuum sweeper or a new rug out of the old man by explaining that she needs one is out of her mind. -Been There and Back Dear Ann: Why don't men wise up? The reason women attach so much importance to sex is because it's the only method of communica-tion open to us. Men don't talk anymore. They turn on the TV or bury their noses in the paper or just fall asleep. The only way a wife can win the battle for her husband's attention is to use her strongest weapon. -Chickadee