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RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
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RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012
Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999.
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RELEASE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2012
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RELEASE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012
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RELEASE: SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010Editor's Note: Hundreds of Ann Landers' loyal readers have requested that newspapers continue to publish her columns. These letters originally appeared in 1999. Dear Ann Landers: Recently, my college sweetheart and I got together again after not seeing each other for 45 years. "Ed" does not understand why I am reluctant to marry him. I believe we have some issues that need to be resolved first. Ed has had a triple bypass heart operation. He also has emphysema from long-term smoking. When we go out to eat, he will have two drinks before dinner, wine with dinner and occasionally an after-dinner drink. He then becomes overly friendly and talks to everyone in the place. On several occasions, he has arrived home half-potted and argumentative. I have never associated with people who hang out in bars and told him so. He says I am a snob and calls me "Mother Superior." Ed has barely enough income to pay his living expenses and spends several hundred dollars a month on his addictions. He tells me that everyone he knows drinks moderately (like him) and that I am the one with the problem. When I remind him how harmful cigarettes are, he becomes defensive and says he will cut back "after we get married." Should I marry him? What do you think, Ann? — Mother Superior in Oregon Dear Oregon: Your relationship with Ed, as you describe it, does not sound as if it has the ingredients of a happy marriage. First and foremost, I believe he has a booze problem that would be a continuing source of trouble.
Dear Ann: When I married "Dwayne," he had two grown daughters from his first marriage, and I had a grown son. We are very happy together, and I want to keep it that way. I brought more money into this marriage than Dwayne did. Since much of my money was inherited from my parents, I feel it is perfectly OK if I give special gifts to my son and daughter-in-law. However, I do not want to create problems by making my stepdaughters jealous. Both of Dwayne's daughters are lovely people, but I did not raise them and do not feel the same closeness with them as I do with my son. Am I asking for trouble by showing favoritism? Please help. — Austin, Texas Dear Austin: Your stepdaughters are part of your family now, and I assume you remember them on their birthdays, anniversaries and holidays. If so, you should not feel guilty about giving additional gifts to your son and his family. What's the truth about pot, cocaine, LSD, PCP, crack, speed and downers? "The Lowdown on Dope" has information on drugs. Send a self-addressed, long, business-sized envelope and a check or money order for $5 (this includes postage and handling) to: Lowdown, c/o Ann Landers, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Ann Landers and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. ANN LANDERS (R) COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM ANN LANDERS 1/1/99 Page 11
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