Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-30 | Page 5 | Girls Should Steer Clear of Clandestine Dating

Your Marriage - -Girls Should Steer Clear-Of Clear-Of Clandestine Dating By Sain-el G. and Esther B. tiling Q. Should girt go out on secret se-cret dates? A. No. If you do. you're likely to loss your parents' trust and confidence. 8uppose, for example, you tell them you're going to visit a girl friend when actually you're seeing a boy on the sly. Whsn your parents discover ths deception decep-tion as they ususlly do they'll be hurt and outraged, and won't believe you even when you tell ths truth. Just as Important, Is ths reason for your secret dating. It it because be-cause you're actually ashamed of ths boy ? If you are. you shouldn't ' be seeing him In the first place. Or la it because your parents object to him? Then try to learn the reasons for their objection and consider these carefully. For parents ars generally good judges of date material. Make Them Understand But If you'rs convinced their objections are unjustified, then getting your folks to know ths boy better Is the best way to overcome over-come their prejudices. Maks them understand that ths only fair thing la to allow ths boy to come to the house so that they can see for themselves. I Possibly they object because j you're too young. If so, you should 1 participate in group activities until your parents feel you ars ready for regular dating. Ths point is that your mother and father have your best Interests Inter-ests at heart and they're usually sbls to sss things in a way your limited experience can't always ap-predsts. ap-predsts. 80 if you're wise, you'H be perfectly per-fectly honest with them and you'll bs guided by their counsel. Jealousy af Deceased Q. Should you be jealous of your husband's deceased wife? A. No. Love can only survive when It's nourished. That's why a man's devotion to a first mats must eventually dienot becaues he's disloyal but because hie love for hsr can't bs reciprocated. If you maks your husband happy, you have nothing to fear from his memories of his first wifs. For you can return his love and so his feeling for you WI1T become stronger and stronger. It's only when a second wife makes her partner unhappy that he begins to dream again of his first spouse and to maks unfavorable unfavor-able comparisons. Released by The Register and Trtbuns Syndicate, 1MB