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Dear Ann Landers,
hat does one say to children when they ask questions about an aunt who lives in a beautiful apartment, drives a new car every two years, wears elegant clothes, exquisite jewelry and furs, and doesn't have a job? 106 The truth is she's the great and good friend of a rich old coot who is married. Rita has a nice personality and behaves like a lady. She is generous to her widowed mother and is always there with her checkbook when someone in the family needs help. I guess you'd call her a good egg. But this doesn't alter the fact that she is a kept woman. What do I tell my chil-dren?-Stuck For An Explanation

Dear Stuck,
Tell your children Aunt Rita is good to her widowed mother, is always there with her checkbook when someone in the family needs help, and that she is a good egg.



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, whatever they needed I provided. What really hurt my son and I the most was the obituary - we were not mentioned at all. Our friends (mine and hers) were appalled. I was embarrassed and upset for not just me, but for my son-who loved her also. I never been so upset. Her x-husband put his wife and kids and their grandchildren in the obituary, who my girlfriend barely knew. They live an hour away from us. I know its silly to be mad over a little section of the newspaper, but it still hurts. Will time let this devastating loss of her and this article ever go away? I am so angry at this whole situation, its not like we can go and rewrite an obituary notice.

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