European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Ann Landers dear Ann Landers. This is an open letter to ail the Couch potatoes who feel unloved because their wives Are no longer interested in sex. If your wife a life is anything like mine it goes like this i am up at 6 . Get myself ready for work see that the kids eat a Good breakfast and get them off to school. My Couch potato gets up whenever he feels like it and goes to work. He a Home around 5 30 or 6, picks up the Remote control and Heads for the Recliner. I head for the Kitchen to fix dinner serve it and then clean up i then straighten up the House spend time with the kids Start a Load of laundry Bathe the children and put them in bed. Finally i am Able to sit Down. While folding the laundry i try to engage my husband in conversation and All i get Back is a Grunt. He does t even take his eyes off the to when i speak to him. After a while i give up and go to bed disgusted too tired to be angry. A a a. I Hope All you Couch potatoes out there will take this letter personally. You just might rediscover the girl you used to Date. A worked to death in Florida dear Florida you Szeoke for a lot of wives today. On behalf of that sad sisterhood of the overworked and unappreciated i thank you. Dear Ann Landers / i agree with too much Homework in  my 11-year-old has hours More Homework than his brother and sister had at his age. We lived in another state while his two siblings were growing up and in a con dear Abby dear Abby i am writing this from a Well known cancer and tumor clinic in a Texas v a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a we Are Here because my husband who has had a Complete physical every year since 1971, has inoperable prostate cancer. I am a angry and bitter because no doctor during 20 years of annual physical examinations that included a digital rectal examination Ever mentioned that there Are blood tests which can detect prostate cancer a a a 1 a a a a. A a a. A a a a we have been told that my husband has had this disease for at least seven to eight years. We also Learned that if a Many a brother or father has had prostate cancer his chances of getting cancer arc increased 2vi. Timeson every medical questionnaire my husband has Ever filled out he stated that his father had died of Prostatic cancer. His brother was diagnosed last week with the same disease we Are hoping that our experience will educate others so they will not find themselves where we Are we strongly urge All a High risk men to be examined by a urologist because Many physicians do not recognize prostate disease. Wednesday june 12, 1991 Vinced that part of the problem is the Sweet Deal that teachers get Here in  Mother taught Grade school for 20 years. She corrected her own class papers did playground duty and lunchroom supervision prepared report cards attended teacher workshops and had Parent conferences alter school hours. A. My son has classes for about four hours a Day. The rest of the time it s some social or fun activity. As Ofteli As three Days out of the month there  school because of a a teacher workshop Quot or a teacher prep Quot Dav Etc., Etc. During Parent conferences there is no school for an. Entire week. Lunchroom and playground supervision is done by Parent volunteers because the teachers have it in their contracts that they Don t have to do this sort of thing. Parents arc asked to Volunteer to be r class a spelling Momy or a Smath dad Quot and Correct the papers Tor those classes. If you divided teachers annual salaries by the number of hours they actually work they Are making More than $3 1 an hour. Not bad a with to lice months vacation. Kids now need Homework so they can learn what was at one time taught during school hours. We arc unable to afford a private school but in a considering teaching our son at Home because i seem to be doing it anyway. In a with you Oxnard. A another fed up mom. In Orangevale Calif. Dear Orangevale i. Am not close enough to the California Public school system to respond intelligently but you can be sure 1 will receive a ton of mail from Many who Are. Meanwhile teach your child at Home if you want to but he will miss an important part of his education a learning to get along with other children. A a c creators Syndicate. A. The stars and stripes t a today a crossword Page 19 a angry and bitter dear angry and bitter you Hove eve 17 right to be both angry and bitter and i thank you for trying to warn others. For readers who do not know what Quot High risk Means in this context it refers to people whose blood relatives have been afflicted with the same disease. Dear Abby when one couple asks another couple to ride along with them what is the proper seating should the wife automatically sit in front with her husband or should she sit in the Back with the other woman or should the couple whose car it is ask the other couple How they prefer to ride a. Edna c. In Carman ill. Dear Edna it depends on the circumstances a How Well the couples know each other the distance to be travelled and whether either of the couples Are newlyweds. Newlyweds usually prefer to sit together the important Factor in the seating arrangement is that everybody be pleased and comfortable. Couples who have a Long Friendship might prefer "1-on-l�?� conversation with the spouse of the same sex. My personal Rule of thumb when in doubt sit with your own mate. A c Universal press Syndicate. 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