Dear Ann Landers, see by our newspaper that you firmly believe prolonged mourning is unhealthy. You say it serves no useful purpose and long-time mourning is "self-pity turned inside out." You usually make pretty good sense. I agree in this case that you are right. Now, I would like your views on prolonged courtship. What do you think about couples who go together for years and never seem to get around to marriage? I know of a couple who have been dating for fifteen years. Is this healthy? My initials are the same as yours.-A.L.
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Dear Readers, , 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.
