Dear Ann Landers,
didn't go to a family reunion tonight because I can hardly see out of one eye. Yesterday my boy-friend hit me. I am seventeen, and my boyfriend is eighteen. I really dig him the most, and he is groovy in lots of ways, but he has a bad temper. We got into a dumb argument over nothing, and I jokingly said, "You are stupid!" Suddenly he hauled off and socked me. I must say he was awfully nice about it right after. He went and got me a washcloth and some ice. He has hit me a couple of times before, but this is the first time he has ever given me a black eye. If my folks knew about it they would make me stop seeing him, and I would die of loneliness. Is there any way I can get him to control his temper?-Bonnie

Dear Bonnie,
Give Clyde the air, unless, of course, you enjoy shiners and maybe a fractured jaw one of these days.