European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                F Rilday Saf Urafay january 1/2,1993 dear Ann Landers v Are newspapers going to the dogs or what i m truly amazed at what now appears to be routine reporting on society events. _ 1 the once staid new York times has clearly gone Over the Edge. I save the sunday times to read during the week and what follows Are some actual lines from the society pages of that venerable a paper of  a i am not making any of this up Quot a a a a a a a a Quot the brides Stepmother is a retired psychiatric nurse her Mother is a message therapist in Tel  another item in the same Issue tells us that the Bride a graduate of Tufts University and the Groom who went to Amherst Are first cousins. Since the theory that cousins who marry have slightly Wacky adds has Long been discredited Why would Quot anyone be interested in this in another write up also in the new York times a Bride is quoted As saying a no wonder every Bride is Beautiful. She is surrounded by eight women who Are wearing the same hideous  spotted in the society Section in an Ohio paper t found this Gem a a the Groom has been married twice before. He has also been through world War  in that same paper the following week i read about yet another wedding. I a the Bride wore her mothers White lace Ann Landers am. Gown which was a bit snug around the hips and she carried a bouquet of crepe paper Casablanca lilies. The Pom wore his brother in Laws Tux since his Luggage had been lost Between Tulsa and  the prize went to a couple married near Steuben Vitte Ohio. The wedding photo showed the Bride and hits new Low a a 1&Quot 1 a 1 a for and their two children Ages 8 and 10. The writeup said the couple had been gent in together for several years and the kids insisted that they get married. How do you like that fortify in the�?T90s? Ohio hobbyist dear Ohio Jim sure Many of my readers will find your letter a it jarring but it did t fa2� me. After writing this col ump for 37 years i am positively Shockproof. Thanks for the input a a a v a. A a a dear Ann Landers v a v a up a a friends who Call and ask if their children can a come Over and play while they shop or go to a doctors appointment. What they really want is somebody to baby sit their kids for a few hours at no Cost to them they know in a always Here. A a Ann i have a Small business in my Home and i done to make Many outside commitments. They Are aware of this. When our three children were Young i stayed Homo with them or we hired baby Sitters. Am i wrong to feel that these people Are trying to take advantage of me if so How can i tactfully avoid getting mouse trapped Story City Iowa dear Story. These a a friends Are indeed looking for someone to baby sit for free. Since you do not wish to do it and feel that they Are taking advantage of you simply Tell them Flat out that you Are Busy at Home and do not want the responsibility of keeping an Eye on their children. You might say a if something happened to them in my Home i would feel  a there a docs that make sense to you i Hope i helped. A a . Remember that priceless saying a no one can take advantage of Yon without your  Lett to Ann Lander should by addressed to her Apo Flat 1t562, Crt-cs0o, lit. 60611-0582 Csc Restori Syndicate my was As dear Abby i have been tickled Over the years at some of the letters in be seen in your column about weddings and taking care of the expenses. During the receiving line at Quot my Sisters wedding which took place three months earlier than mine dad leaned Over and whispered in my finances ear a Douglas 1 will give you the Cash we would spend of your wedding if you Wilt just Elope. Go off in the night give my wife a Call in the morning a after in be had my Coffee of course and enjoy yourselves. The things you can use the Money for will last longer than the ceremony.�?�. We did and dad was right by dear Abby the Way neither my sister s nor my marriage tasted. But the degree from Urcla the six were honeymoon in Mexico the brass apothecary a mortar and Pestle from Nebraska the Tum of the Century medical texts from Reno and the Spokane Rocker bearing a worn spot from the knot of an apron Are still mine to cherish. Best of All however is the memory of my dear old Arch conservative dad suggesting elopement. . In Seattle dear  / a fancy launching is no guarantee a ship will Stoy afloat and the same can be said for marriage. Personally pm old fashioned in that department it seems your father and his daughter were More pragmatic than romantic \ letters Tor this column should to addressed to dear Abby at . Bos 447, mount Morris Iii. 61054. A. C Universal press Syndicate. 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