European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse -.tuesday, August 10, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 21 House in t her cup of Tea today crossword dear Ann Landers just read a letter in your column that came from my daughter in Law. She wrote that she could t stand to be in my Home because i m such a terrible housekeeper. Her letter to you described my House As a Pigsty and she said she becomes Nau seated when she visits me. She also claimed that my son found a dead mouse under the refrigerator. I did t know it was there. The cat probably caught it and chased it under the fridge. ,. There May be a dust Bunny or two and a few dead bugs in the bedroom but what i have better things to do than mindless House cleaning. Your answer to my daughter in Law was that i needed to shape up. I was Hurt by that response. Why did t you Tell her to treat me to a housekeeper once in a while i d love that. Busy grandma in California dear grandma anyone who does t mind dust bunnies or dead bugs accumulating in the bedroom and ignores a dead mouse under the refrigerator definitely needs to shape up.-. _ however i second the notion that your daughter in Law treat you to a housekeeper for Christmas your birthday and a few holidays in Between. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers Wiser in Sacramento advised liquid assets in Michigan to get away from her wild spending Fiance before he ruined her credit. Wiser talked about her first husband who destroyed her credit and she ended her letter by saying she and her second husband could t Quality for a loan. Wiser insisted that her husband not place her on any checking or savings account in order to keep her Rotten credit from tarnishing his. Well she not much Wiser if she thinks she protecting him. My husband Feyler was married before and his first wife absolutely destroyed his credit. When we married my credit was spotless but Lyle was terrible. He had several charge accounts that were four and five years delinquent we could t qualify for a loan. We explained to the creditors that the accounts belonged to Lyle sex wife but it did no Good. Since they were married when the debts were incurred he was responsible for them. And because we Are mar ried now i have acquired Lyle debt. The Only Way i could clean up our credit rating was to go to the creditors explain the situation and offer Cash settlements. It took a year but we were finally Able to establish credit. V.m., san Pedro Calif. Dear san Pedro the key line is As follows go to the creditors explain the situation and offer Cash letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to tier at . Box 11562, Chi Cago Iii. 60611-0562, c creators Syndicate Check grabbing spoiled dinner treat dear Abby my husband and i invited his parents out for dinner to celebrate their wedding anniversary. There were just the four of us. We made reservations at one of the very Best restaurants because we wanted it to be an exceptional evening. Everyone was in a Good mood and the conversation was Lively. It was a perfect eve Ning until the waiter brought the Check to the table and handed it to my husband since he was the Host. Well his Mother grabbed the Check out of his hands and gave it to his father Abby my husband and i have fairly Good incomes and paying that Bill would not have been a hardship. He did t want to make a scene he let his father pay for what was going to be our anniversary gift. Please print this other parents of adult children will realize How unfair it is to take Over the party when they were invited As guests. Thwarted in new York dear Abby dear thwarted it in t easy for parents of adult offspring to realize that their children Are no longer youngsters and de serve to be treated As adults. Dear Abby after Reading your columns about laughter at inappropriate times i had to write. I am now 37. As a child i was forced to go to a Catholic school from first Grade through the eighth. I was also an altar boy. I will never forget the time we were in the Middle of a funeral service and the mourners were within a few feet of me near the casket. One of the mourners was a Man who was a very heavy breather and every time he exhaled his nose made a whistling sound. After about 10 whistles i started to laugh. Finally i was laughing hard i started to shake. The incense Burner i was carry ing had chains and the More i Shook the More the chains rattled. Needless to say i was severely chewed out by one of the kindly nuns who kicked me out of the altar boys. Reading about All of the other people who went on laughing jags during funeral services made me realize i was t bad after All Phil s., Everett Wash. Letters Lor this column should to addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447,mount Morris. Iii. 61054. C Universal press Syndicate across 1 counterfeit 5 Chic in. 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