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Dear Ann Landers,
y wife and I have been married for 16 years. In that time, I have watched her children from a previous marriage grow to adulthood. I have been present at the births of 10 grandchildren. Here's my problem. I love my wife's children dearly, and I tell them so frequently. However, I have yet to witness any show of affection from any of them. Instead, I get subtle reminders that I am not, after all, their real father. It has reached the point where I wish no further contact. My heart has been broken too many times. My wife says I am being silly. What do you think? -Stepped-on Dad in Calif.

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, but it has. My youngest daughter eloped with a fellow she met two months ago at the beach. This gives me a perfect record. I am now the mother-in-law of three bums. All my girls are beautiful and have lovely figures. They are intelligent, hold fine jobs, and could have made good marriages. But no, they go for men who can’t make a living 170 and kick them around besides. My oldest daughter has left her husband three times since March. She is never without a black eye or a bruise. The middle girl came home with her suitcase and a broken collarbone. Her husband drinks and goes off his rocker every Friday night. And now my youngest daughter married a loafer who would rather collect unemployment compensation than work. Please explain why girls deliberately choose abusive and unworthy men?-H.S.M.

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