Show tr t BY AMY ADAMS DONT DON'T MAKE A BIG TO DO OVER IT Dear Amy We had a family party Christ mas day at my mothers mother's house My law brother grabbed me and me under the toe I was very embarrassed be- be because be because cause everyone everone saw us Mistletoe is for far kids Isn't isn't it lIes lIe's In his forties What do make of his actions Blushing Dear Blushing I dont don't make anything of It and neither should you Maybe hes he's Just a kid at heart Dear Amy Last year when our s school clio 0 I Iwas was h having a v I n g the i Junior SenIor Prom from I asked my date if ff she wanted to go to any special place afterwards She said she leave it up to me as to where we would go Knowing this I had planned to go to a nice place in our home hometown hometown town but when I 1 picked her up for the Pr Prom 0 m she asked ii II it would be alright to go to another town some 40 away with friends I said we could When we got to the Prom I called my parents without my date knowing Just to let them know there was a change of plans When they heard beard where we were going they refused to let me go Im I'm 17 and I felt that I couldn't tell teU my date that my parents would not let me go so I faked it by saying that I didn't feel good and I took her straight t home right after the Prom What should I have done Should I write to her and explain Prom goer Dear PJ- PJ goer Pm-goer goer m-goer You should have told her tha that t since she left It up to you that tha t you had alread already made plans to togo t o go to a nice place near by and lind you should have goner gone No N Nother u other explanation was then and I certainly wouldn t mention It to her now S Dear Amy My life reads like a 11 soap op opera era I guess but my father futher died die a when I was 12 and consequently I was very close to my She chose the food I 1 ate the th e clothes I wore and the friends I Imade made Now Im I'm 27 a college colleg e graduate and she Is still stUl chaos choos I lag ing forme for me The gIrls I liked she never did three times I 1 wanted to Mom said they weren't good enough for me Now Im I'm successful in my chosen field and have everything I want but Il a wife and family of my own I am see see- seeIng seeing Ing this sweet lovely girl school schoolteacher schoolteacher teacher but mother doesn't like her either Now that she sees Its It's a losing battle and that I 1 am going to marry her she agreed on one condition that she live with us us My girl Is precious and agree agree- agreeable agreeable able but I have my doubts David Dear David Untie the knot that holds you to mama and dont don't leave any loose ends Two women pulling In different directions under the same root roof will pull apart what you want most in life Ilfe a wife and eventually a family of your own Dear Amy I am In the grade and Igo I Igo go to the Washburn School In 10 Wisconsin I would like your advice on a aboy aboy boy in the same grade as L He thinks hes he's hot stuff and he shows off Hardly any of the kids like him He Iles makes me so mad I could beat him up and knock all his teeth out If he keeps on being so stuck up and acting too big bigfor bigfor for his pants should I 1 belt him himon himon on 1 7 ellue all thIs he picks on all allus allus us girls Robert one of the eta eta- dents In school was wall going to de- de defend defend fend us and beat him up but I Isaid Isaid said No If theres there's any defend Ing to do Id I'd rather do it myself Angered Dear Angered It is highly Improper for fora a gIrl to strike a 11 boy for the reasons you mentioned Give him the cold shoulder which may make him wise up But Dut for goodness sake sake dont don't belt him He sounds sound like the type who might belt you one ope backs 5 Address aU all letters tot AMY ADAMS n o c o TillS THIS NEWSPAPER For Por n personal repy enclose a stamped addressed sell envelope |