Show 1 61 4 7 I BY AMY AMY AD ADAMS I II I I SANTA DOESN'T TEll ALL Dear Am Amy Santa Claus told me tha that t Im I'm getting t u a new vacuum cleaner from ny my hubby for Christmas hut f 1 would rather have something personal Why do hubbies bu buy something for forthe forthe the house Instead of a personal gift Marta Dear Marta h r aced it more than you do ever cr I think hes he's being very prach h Ural sal nut But maybe Santa Intent told you everything e JIll lave you been u a good girl this year Marta v r Dear Amy How old do you ou think a boy by should be before he goes on his first date dale How old are most bo s 's when they start dating Please put this in your column because e 1 think that quite n a few boys want to know how old they thc should be before dating daling Gar Gary Dear Gary Car I 1 think think a a boy should hould he In ha his lute lisle teens before ht he Single lutes dates but most boys bors start shut in their in-their their I middle teens C N Here is is the nn for t lane laneT T T the woman who pays parR her friend friends friend's bills because her only has a 50 bill figure how much her friend owes her ouch the next time lime she says the thc fifty Is II un all she has hal tell lell her she can change It When Ann gets gell the fifty In her hand she should hand her friend the difference be- be between tween the amount owed and the fi 0 Shoe the friend Is the one with the car It would be nice for A 1111 to 10 help pay for the ns the friend is is pulling this little deal because she's tired or of hauling dun around free A Jeader r Jane nc I IDear Dear Amy My ly problem concerns tiny my bus 11 hands bands uncle by marriage Very few in the family like Jike him or care to have him around arc wife and andson sun son arc nice and that makes l it difficult for us to ignore nore him the Ill likes t thaIs that's free io 10 eat tl or otherwise We used lu 10 have them over for dinner oc hut but it tot gut tu to the thc point where they'd d show how up pretty often uninvited and just as we were eating The They wont won't come early itt in inthe the day and visit like most people They've all also o shown up alter aller wc weve we've eaten and hinted that they hadn't eaten as yet so EO J I M as a 1 dutiful niece would start nil all over again In the kitchen This has lIas happened to my mother mother-lil- law and she reds feels the same ns as I Ido Ido do Were We're pretty di coura ed about limb h 1 t-ll t us what you OU would do in our Gloria Dear Glori Gloria You and your YOUl husband are liTe master and mistress of your own home Considerate people do not sulk in for dinner unless they h have Il v C bee been 11 in invited v 11 e d Only l spongers would have the nerve to pop pap In uninvited and n ask k for h t mead Inform them that you have ha already had your din din- ncr ner and offer them n a ol Bald drink a 1 hot drink or II a bowl of fruit That's what I would sauld do do Ii Dear Amy I need your Stour help desperately My Iv problem is that Im I'm J m always t-ays talking hack to m my mother I know Ills it Is bad talking back to tomother mother molher or to anyone else who Is older than I but It happens that my mother molher and I have haven havea n a little argument s 's turns turps out to be a big bl fat one 1 knos mother molher has the thc right to 10 lecture me but she does dols It too much und and It hurts my feelings s I cant stand humiliated h u In i 11 a led That Is why I would rather b be slapped around than have ha to lis- lis listen ten to lectures He c a U e getting slapped the palm pain goes away Jut But In lecture It hurls more inure stays longer and also aiso I cant can't forget lt it So I want to know how I can stop slop talking back to mother Talking nock Back q I Ueal Your Villar mom Is II a smart cookie She knows II a slap Iap wont won't sink In but cs will IF yeti re smart you'll open your car ears your lip lips bile your ur tongue uC and profit b by her teachings K And AmI the sooner done time better better n all letters to to AMY ADAMS u r THIS For oUI a p personal r reply enclose a 1 i stamped self addressed hed envelope |