European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday december 18, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 21 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i remarried two years ago after 10 years As a single Parent. My husband is a College graduate with a professional Job. He was warm and charming during our courtship wonderful with my children and fit in Well with our family. My kids Are 17 and 12. Shortly after the wedding my husband started to blow up Over minor things. He began drinking daily and became verbally abusive. We separated several times went through months of counselling and finally decided to try again with the understanding that he would Stop drinking. He still drinks but he sneaks around and thinks he is fooling me. He does no to rant and r a like he used to but there is now a problem that is even More disturbing. He has developed hundreds of rituals and habits that Are driving me crazy. He takes Only his clothing out of the family laundry and rehashes it. He makes Only his Side of the bed sometimes White in a still in it. He moves things around several times a Day and often measures to make sure they Are in a perfect line. I love my husband but he s driving me up the Wall. Every Day 1 find More things he has a straightened Quot or moved around. The Joy has gone out of my life. I am irritated and upset. I have begged my husband to go Back to counselling but he refuses. I wish i could help him but i feel totally today a crossword dear Abby dear Abby something wonderful has happened to my family and 1 want to share it with you and your readers. I have had Cable to in my Home for five years. 1 have four children a All in Grade school a and there was a constant Battle about which to Channel to watch As we had Only one set which was in the living room. The kids would sit there after school changing the Channel every two minutes and not watching anything special. I finally got sick of the squabbling and called the Cable company and told them i wanted no More Cable to in my House. The kids were upset with me but after a couple of Days they did no to miss it at All. Now for the Good part its been a year since 1 returned my Cable Box and the children a grades have improved dramatically. They Are now Reading in their spare time instead of watching the Boob tube and my husband has started to talk to me we still enjoy television but now we rent tapes of the movies we want to Sec instead of watching whatever is available on television. I wish someone had written a letter like this one for me to see. 1 Hope this helps someone else. Love you Abby. Please never retire. Bev in Worcester mass. Bear Bev i Hope your letter inspires others to follow your sensible example. And who said anything about retiring i powerless. Any suggestions stymied in Mich. Dear Mich your husband s behaviour suggests that he is obsessive compulsive. Since he won t get help i urge you to go for counselling without him. Please write to the obsessive compulsive disorder foundation for literature. I he address is obsessive compulsive disorder foundation. . Box 9573, new Haven Conn. 06535. Dear Ann Landers i just spoke to a Salesman on the Telephone who told me to a drop dead Quot because i Tell him Niv Bossy name. A i try to be polite to salespeople who phone even though my Job requires me to Tell them that my Boss w ill not accept their Calls. A i am sick to death of Telephone salespeople who think they can abuse secretaries and receptionists. A drop dead Quot is probably the cleanest Pul Down be gotten recently. Id like to Tell these creeps off. But 1 done to want to lower myself to their level. Is there some Way i can keep my blood pressure Down and gel the message across burning ears in Al. Cerrito Calif. Dear burning those crude Overly aggressive pests rarely listen. They just talk. All you need to say is a sorry or. X is not then hang up. C creators Syndicate. Inc. Promise to stay at this typewriter As Long As my fingers and mind can do the Job. Dear Abby we were married four months ago. My husband and i paid for the wedding ourselves we also hired the Best photographer in town and were very Happy with the results. His Bill for All the pictures was $x00. My problem is my new Mother in Law. As soon As we got our wedding pictures i dropped them off at her House so she could review them and decide which ones she wanted to order. I stopped by her House every weekend to get her decision and she said a i Haven to had time to look at them now she says she is sure she gave them Back to me. When i assured her that she did not she said she must have misplaced them but she was sure they were Quot somewhere around the Abby As of now the pictures have not turned up. My husband and 1 have argued about this and i say his Mother should replace them. I need your advice. Angry and impatient dear angry since your Mother in Law is sure that the wedding pictures Are a somewhere around the House a ask if you and her son May come Over and help her look for them. If she is agreeable and your search proves fruitless accept the fact that they Are gone. Of course she should replace them. If she refuses and you want the wedding pictures you will have to replace them yourselves. 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