European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 9, 1999 % Ann Landers dear Ann Landers my husband and 1 own a Home in a resort area. For 10 years we be been taken advantage of by friends and family. We finally decided to write to you and outline specific guidelines for they Are _ 1. Make sure you were invited and did no to invite your self. Was the invitation specific and sincere or a casual a come see. Us sometimes 2. A visit longer than three Days will Wear out your Welcome and your Friendship. 1 3. Go to a hotel if you want to be waited on and done to wish to clean up after yourself. House guests Are expected to pitch in and help. 4. Done to keep the hosts up too late if they must go to work. Remember its your vacation not theirs.5. If you done to like the food you have several choices a shut up and eat it b buy the groceries and fix it yourself c take everyone out to eat. 6. Done to help yourself to anything in the House. Ask first. 7. If you be forgotten personal care items go out and buy them. It is not up to your hosts to Supply you with shampoo toothpaste deodorant Etc. 8. Treat your hosts belongings with respect. If you damage something offer to replace it of repair it. 9. Leave your pets at Home or in a Kennel. Animals do not always behave 100 percent in unfamiliar surroundings. 10. There is no such thing As a a free insist on Chipping in toward expenses and groceries. After you leave the Bills for electricity heat and water will be higher. Of course you should pay for your Long distance Telephone Calls. 11. Your hosts have a right to control your children if you wont. 12, done to invite other people to your hosts Home. Thank god you re gone dear gone Llo Oray for speaking for those who arc too timid to speak for themselves. Dear Ann Landers 1 began drinking when i was 13within a year 1 started smoking marijuana. By the time i was 16,1 was using everything except crack cocaine and heroin. I avoided Needles thank god. I finally reached anoint where i was sick and tired of lying to everyone and being broke All the time. I had dropped out of High school when i was 16, so 1 decided to get my ged. It was the Best move 1 Ever made. Studying for my ged exams got me interested in education. I met my husband just before entering cosmetology school. Quot Scott did no to Tell me to Stop using drugs but he made it Clear that i be around him of i continued. Its been seven years and in be been drug free Ever since. My advice to teen agers is this you must want to be drug free or it wont happen. Then you must get help. If you go for treatment stick to the program a a friends who use drugs Arentt your real friends if they ridicule you for trying to get clean. And if they try to get you Back into the drug scene Cut All ties. They Are envious of the strength and courage which they Lack and will try to drag you Down to their level. Ltd lesson Learned in Newport news a. Dear Newport thanks Tor writing. One word from you is More effective than 100 from me. After All pm from the a Golden Days. What do i know if you have a Hunch that Newport news May be talking to you she is so listen up. Its time for a reality Check. Letters to Ann Landers should toe addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chi Cago Iii. 606110062 c creators Syndicate was dear Abby my son and i dear Abby were invited to his Little friends 4th birthday party. They Are neighbors Ana we Are new i town. After the ice Cream and birthday cake were served the boys Mother took All the cards off the gifts and let her son open them without acknowledging who they were from or even thanking the gift givers. I thought surely we would receive a thank you note in the mail. No such note Ever arrived. Now a month later i received a Telephone Call from the boys Mother asking me where i had purchased the quibble a shabbily made toy so she could return it i told her where i had bought the gift and apologized for the inconvenience. Abby i was Vicy Hurt and offended by the whole situation a especially because she and i were beginning to build a Nice Friendship. Am 1 wrong to feel this Way with Good intentions dear Good intention your feelings Are justified but done to let this one unfortunate incident spoil what could be a Good Friendship. The woman a Choice of words was poor and she May be very insensitive but Overlook it in the interest of maintaining a Good neighbor policy. Your children will Benefit by u. Letters Tor this column shoo id be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris Iii. 61054 a. Q Universal press Syndicate the stars and stripes today a crossword Page 19 across 1 to recep a lion woe 5 Urban area. A use a. 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