European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes tuesday january 3,1d95 husband has his but he s Nof invalid today s crossword Annanders dear Ann Landers , Charlie is his positive livery time he Couch or a acc is his Mother asks is everything ?1 she nets As if he has one foot in the crave. I realize that. Ikiria is his Mother and has a right to be concerned hut she feels he Misove reverting himself if he docs anything at All. She has eve suggested that he quit his Job. Apparently it s of with her if exert Myshak we have Small children and share the Par enting and household responsibilities like most couples Edna thinks this should Stop because Charlie should save his strength ".,".". My Mother in Law com ments irritate me and the make Charlie feel like a 10 ,7/- year old. Me hates it when she tells him what he should and should not do. The truth is that Charlie feels perfectly Fine and enjoys his life. None of our other family members or friends know he is his positive and we have no intention of telling them until he gets sick. This could Ben few years Down the Road. I hate to Sec Charlie behave like a Little boy who i afraid to stand up to his Mother. I believe he must make it Clear to Edna that he has some definite responsibilities to his wife and children and that he cannot put his life on hold because of this disease. A that do you think. Ulv . ,. V a i agree that if Edna persists in trying to make an in valid out of Charlie he should Tell her to butt out. If he has t the guts to Tell her it s perfectly of for you to Tell her. Being his positive is not the same As having aids. It Means the person hat the virus and eventually the s no age dearai311y " a a. remember the letter signed nameless the widow who attended the reunion of her late husband s world War ii buddies there she met a widower who had lost his invalid wife just six weeks earlier. It was love at first sight and they wanted to marry. I m glad you told them to go for it after 23 years of marriage left me for another woman. A \ a i was 44 and heartbroken and then out of the Blue i met Pete a 48-year-old chemistry was unbelievable we dated for four weeks after my divorce was final Pete and were married. Abby i had never known such happiness quibble dear Abby halt mho goesth6r6t 101 mos to a whole of wot.,. To and is very kind Susan wants to Nelp everyone. For this t love her dearly however she is a total bore. The woman talks endlessly about people i Don know and their relatives. I must listen to every detail describing the ladies she lunches with what they wore what each person ordered what the waiter said an who else happened to be in the restaurant at the time. When 1 Tell Busan i am not interested in tiresome de tails about people i Don t know she gets Hurt and cries i do Tare about this woman but her interminable yakking has finally gotten to me. Even though we have made no commitments to each other 1 know it upsets her when she sees me with other women. But the truth a she bores Eric to death. I Cali a i sound like a Heel but nonstop chatter about people i Don t know and the minute details of their lives drives me up the Wall. Can i possibly cure Susan of this annoying habit sadly in love in new new Orleans you say you Are in love with a woman who is total bore i Don t know what your definition of love is butt s certainly different from mine. You then ask if you can cure her. The answer is no. If you want to know what real boredom is marry Susan and you la find out looters to Ann Undari Khouw to address of i will always treasure the Short time we had together. If i had listened to my friends and not gone with my heart and feelings i would never have had those wonderful months of marriage you arc right Abby. R y pc is Sciort and we never know what s around the Corner. / " still grieving dear grieving my condolence to you dear lady. Thank you for reaffirming that mature people should listen to their feelings and pay lest attention to what people might think or say. A \ a a " for this column hould a addressed 1o boar Abby Al , b.om47lmountmoffis, Iii. Fl1q54j. ,. You it never 0b out work Fortune pactc7pies. I
