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Dear Ann Landers,
ur handsome twenty-two-year-old son has had several crushes. The girl he is going with now is short and dumpy. She has a homely, expressionless face. Her taste in clothes is atrocious. A soiled brassiere strap is always hanging out. The girl is so ignorant I don't know how she got out of high school. The note she wrote thanking me for her birthday cake had eleven mistakes. Our son has brought her home for dinner five times. I wonder if we are being too hospitable. I don't want our son to interpret our kindness to this girl as approval. On the other hand I'm afraid to be unfriendly because he might end up marrying her. Please advise.- Thinking Ahead
Dear Thinking,
I applaud you for being hospitable, al-though it's obvious you dislike the girl intensely. In my view you have chosen the wise approach.