European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 12,1991 the stars and stripes a Page 15 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i have a 5-foot-7-Inch problem. He is my 14-year-old Nephew. I will Call him Frank. This kid is a walking eating machine he eats All Day Long. I real ize he a a growing boy but this is ridiculous. Tonight at 10 30, after a big dinner with double helpings of everything he opened up a can of.1 pork and Beans polished it off and drank two glasses of milk. A half hour later he put away a plate of lasagne that would choke a horse. This kid must have a cast Iron stomach. If i ate that Way i d be sick for a month. He weighs 138 pounds and looks Skinny As a rail. I done to know How he does it. Frank is living with us until his parents House is ready to move into. Learned yesterday that the construction will take longer than they thought. I Don t know How much More of this i can stand. The kid goes through 3 Gallons of milk and eight boxes of cookies a week. Our grocery Bills Are out of sight. A medium sized City Large state dear friends there a a problem Here that transcends a teen agers appetite. Its gluttony. Tell this human vacuum cleaner that he May no longer eat Between meals and that from now on his nighttime snack will be a bag of microwave Popcorn and an Apple or a banana. And let him know you mean crossword dear Abby dear Abby i can certainly sympathize with a pressured in Pennsylvania who wanted a a no child wedding. All of the invitations to my daughter s wedding last month were worded in the Correct Way and addressed to a emr. And we assumed that by not including a and family a we would have no trouble. Wrong friends whom we had not seen in a number of years and would have welcomed with open arms announced that they were coming 500 Miles to the wedding and bringing their married daughter who was invited and her three Small children who were definitely not invited. It fell to me to Telephone Long distance and Tell them that the children were not included in the invitation. They said they had never heard of such a thing and if the children weren t Welcome they be coming either. 1 stood my ground and said 1 was sorry but that a the Way it was. They never came. Also my daughter and i spent an entire weekend calling people who had failed to a sep. A number of them told us they thought that if they were not planning to attend they did not need to respond. What did they think the stamp on the return dear Ann Landers my sympathy to the daughter who found it so difficult to agree with her Sisters about using a feeding lube for their 90-year-old father. The feeding tube is Fine if the patient is going to recover from surgery or an ulcer but it can be an instrument of torture for an elderly person whose Quality of life is minimal. Tell a heartbroken daughter Quot to find a doctor who will not Lay a guilt trip on her for letting her father go As naturally As possible. Also this Points up the importance of All adults Young people forget they can have tragic accidents filling out a living will or Power of attorney that expresses their wishes in such matters As life support and tube feeding. This can help both the family and the doctor to make painful decisions. A living will can be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Choice in dying 250 w. 57th Street new York n/y.10107. Power of attorney forms Are available in some states from the state medical association or at most hospitals and senior centers. You can also get a free copy of the american bar association brochure health care Powers of attorney by sending a postcard to Harp american association of retired persons fulfilment no. D13895, . Box 21100, Long Beach Calif. 90801-2400. Two Loving daughters Camarillo Calif. Dear daughters you be made some excellent suggestions and i thank you. C creators Syndicate envelope was for several accepted but never showed up. Abby i think its time to change the rules. Tacky or not if i Ever have to do this again 1 will state on the invitations a Sony adults Only. A please respond with a yes or no. A stamped envelope is included for your and finally the ultimate in Tacky a no shows will be billed for the amount charged per person by the in our Case it was s30 per head and we were out several Hundred dollars. A lot of food went to waste because of those thoughtless people thank you for listening because i really needed to get this off my Chest. If you print this please do not use my name. 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