European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday april 23, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 21 news dear Ann Landers i just read the letter from heartsick Mother in Indi whose 15-year-old daughter Polly is involve with a less than desirable boy. Ann i be walked in Polly s shoes and this letter is for her. Dear Polly i know you feel your mom and dad Are being close minded about you look at him and know that All he needs is a Good honest girl like you and your love will turn his life tells you great stories of How perfect your lives will be and you believe him. After All mom arid dad Are a couple of squares. What do they know so Joey does drugs once in awhile. Hell Stop once you Are together. You la have a baby and then hell want to be the perfect father. And when you marry him you la have plenty of Money because hell me Tell you what will really happen. I be been there. I Felt the same Way about my Tony As you do about your Joey. I blamed his problems on society. I thought i was the one thing in his life that was Good and he d realize that. I lied to my parents and told them i was pregnant Sothey d have to let me marry Tony. The next three years were hell. We moved 27 times and Tony held 32 differ ent jobs when he was t in jail for some minor of sense. I lived in. A car and on the beaches in Mexico with a 6-week-old baby. Tony gave me three Stab wounds several Loose Teeth and Black eyes and i had to have my jaws wired shut for six months. He taught me How to drink do drugs shoplift Panhandle and be a prostitute. He also showed the what it Ann Landers was like to sit in jail. I gave custody of my daughter to my parents before she was a year old. I wish this was the end of my Story but it s were Many More tonys in my life and i married two of them. When my daughter was 7, my sister anther husband took custody because my parents were getting too old to care for took me 13 years to get off the booze and drugs thanks to counselling and alcoholics Anonymous. I a now married to a wonderful Man who helped me learn to Trust myself. Things Are not perfect but my worst Days Are better than my Best Days with Tony. Polly please get some counselling now. Go with you rears heart and mind open. I thank my family for be Lieving in me and not giving up. I Pray your family will do the same for you. Country girl in Indiana dear country girl you should also thank . And your therapist. They were your letter proves that no matter How Low a person sinks it is possible to Rise from the ashes thank you for a genuine Success Story. Dear Ann Landers with All the talk about health care i thought you might enjoy seeing the Bill my Mother received when iwas born in 1948 at St. Mary s Hospital in Milwaukee Here it is room and Board five Days $33.75 care of infant $10.00 delivery room $10.00 aesthetic $5.00 lab oratory $5.00 dressings $3.75 . Necklace $q.50 pharmacy $1.25 total $69.25.- j.&r., Auburn Calif. . Yes and $55 a week was considered great pay. I like it better now. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562. Chi Cago Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate just no substitute for no dear Abby Jim and i have been married for two years and Are the proud parents of a Beautiful 6-month-old baby problem is Jim s family. He has a Nephew attend ing a College in our town. This Nephew has a Girlfriend who attends the same College. Our problem is that the family expects us to keep the two while they Are attending school. And be have done Thison several occasions. Both of them Are Good kids extremely motivated in their studies. However i am uneasy about them living with us. Not Only does it create More work for Methey Don t like the food i prepare and so on. The have separate bedrooms but i am not naive and feel that their three year relationship has been consummated during their stays Here. Dear Abby before they came to stay this time Jim had a talk with his brother about our concerns both Legal and moral. His brother said that neither he nor his wife nor the parents of the girl can afford an apartment. The College career is Only half Over for these kids please help me find a Way to end this. Can Sayno dear cant Sayno because having the kids in your Home is placing stress on your marriage you and your husband will have to learn to say no and quickly. Keeping you Nephew and his Girlfriend in school should not be your responsibility. 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