European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday August 23, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 21 love and laughter can happen late dear readers i am on vacation but i have left behind some of my favorite columns that you May have missed the first time around. I Hope you enjoy them. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i became a widow in my Early 50s. When my husband died i was sure if i married again it would be for companionship or financial Security. Instead at the age of 63, find myself involved in a passionate rollicking love affair with a marvelous widower who is 70. We spend a great Deal of time laughing mostly at our own follies. We will be marrieds soon As some routine matters Are settled. If More people realized that a love affair at our age can be just As exciting and grand As for pie in their 20s, it might happen More often. Actually a late love is More fun. We have none of the inevitable child rear ing problems. Nor do we have the tension producing struggles that Young people face in a profession or a business. May All your readers have the same Good for tune that we Are enjoying Lucky in Greenwich dear Lucky Beautiful. Just Beautiful. I m Happy for you. I m sure Ann Landers millions of readers join me in wishing you both All the Best. Dear Ann Landers something happened in our town recently and i just could t believe it. A woman stood on a window ledge three stories above the ground threatening to jump. A Man below was pleading with her not to. It appeared that he had succeeded in getting her to reconsider when another Man shouted go ahead and jump. No body will miss you. Nobody gives a the woman jumped she died two hours later. The Man who had baited her. Into leaping to her death laughed an walked dead woman s landlord rushed to the scene. He said she had been mentally ill for some time but would t seek help. My question is this Ann what is this world coming to we read about so Many bizarre things happening. It did t used to be this Way. Are there More crazy people Are our Laws too soft i am nearly 70 years old and i can t remember a time when there was so much hate killing and crazy people Loose. Can you explain it Dixon . There have always been hate killing and nutty ple on the Loose. A country that has grown in Popula Tion and complexity As ours has must expect More of Al kinds of people crazies included. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chi Cago Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate wife resents Home working husband editor s note dear Abby is on a two week Vaca Tion. Following is a selection of some of her favorite past letters from the Early 1970s. Dear Abby i recently built an office for myself in our Home which i find very convenient because i can now spend More time at Home than at my downtown office. My wife s apparent annoyance with this new arrange ment has become obvious and that is my problem. It is very depressing to be asked the first thing in the morning what is your sched ule today what she Means is Are you going to stay Home All Day and get in my Way due to the emotional tension of my work i often jog in the morning and Nap in the afternoon and this displeases my spouse no end. that this will keep me in Good physical condition and increase the num Ber of years i will be around which i suspect May be an other source of annoyance to her. I thought of a solution suggesting that she go Back to work teaching school. Sensitive dear sensitive quit guessing and ask your wife some pertinent quibble dear Abby questions Why Are you unhappy with my Home office setup Why do you object to my jogging in the . And snoozing in the p.m.? would you like for me to just drop dead and get out of your Way entirely Don fight fire with fire by trying to get Are out of the House. Dear Abby my sister and i Are very close especially now that we Are the Only remaining members of our family. My husband and i enjoy entertaining and we always include my sister and her husband on these occasions. I love to prepare exotic meals. My sister s husband loves to eat and i enjoy seeing him put the food away. My sister is a Plain Cook rarely entertains and when she does have us Over for a meal she always serves something unimaginative like pot roast. After a dinner party in our Home my sister will Call to Tell me they vomited after eating my bouillabaisse or they were sick All night because of the odor of Curry at my House. How does one Cope with such a situation raised eyebrows dear raised reciprocate your sister s invitations with the same kind of meal she would serve you. And exclude her fro your exotic dinner parties. Letters for this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447,mount Morris 111. 61054. 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