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Dear Ann Landers,
A mother who becomes involved in the petty squabbles of her children is more childish than they. Ask your wife to please wait until you get home before she "does any-thing." By then the trouble will have been settled-by the kids. Dear Ann: My in-laws are both seventy-three. My husband and I have dinner with them every week. For the past several months my father-in-law has not been acting very fatherly. He never does anything out of the way in the presence of his wife or my husband. He manages to get me in the kitchen or in the back hall. When I was dating I knew how to deal with char-acters who sneaked up and planted an unwanted kiss on the back of my neck. I belted them one and I never had any trouble after that. What should I do in this case? If my hus-band knew he'd be wild.-Disgusted

Dear D,
You can't belt a seventy-three-year-old man, par-ticularly a father-in-law. Call on your sense of humor to save the day. Nickname him "Old Love In Bloom" and keep it loud and funny-and out in the open. Dear Ann: Bob is twenty-seven. I am twenty-four. We have been married two years and expect our first child any minute. Last night Bob's older sister telephoned to say her daughter Barbara, aged seventeen, was in tears. Barbara's date broke his leg and couldn't take her to an important high-school dance. She asked Bob if he'd be a lifesaver and take Barbara. He replied, "I'd love to." I don't feel a married man has any business at a high-school dance. Furthermore, this is no time for him to leave me alone. He says I am narrow-minded and jealous. If you tell me I am wrong, I will apologize.-P.G. Wife Dear Wife: Your husband belongs at a high-school dance like a skunk belongs at a lawn party. If he goes, I hope the stork drops the bundle while he is out bugalooing with the kids. It would serve him right.



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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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