Show lf a mr BY AMY ADAMS EX WIFE SOUNDS OFF D Dear ar Amy I have bave a gripe directed dir at my first husband anc n other women's ex husbands I grant you some women arent aren't cut out to b be mothers but some some men mm arent aren't cut cutout cutout out to be fathers either So that's sIx of one and a half dozen of the theother theother other The divorce regardless of ren rea sons doesn't lessen the responsibility of caring for or the children Generally the nother hU hat the children and the father is to pay support My 1 first husband is to pay a month support Sounds too bad for him great for me So all I hear is how Ive I've robbed hIm lave 17 I Not when you add up w what at it costs to raise two chil dren one of them beIng diabetic Legally my present husband doesn't have to contribute one cent for their care but even though ho he never complains ho he has done without plenty himself What I hear from the children Is day their father says thy they will come live with him When When they are half grown and on their own Why not now You know why Because It costs too much and anel he doesn't want the responsibility So what does their father lie He picks them up on Sundays buys them gifts takes them boating water skiing or to some tourist spot for entertain entertain- entertainment ment and then complains about how much he pays me He makes good money lie He can afford a new car new boat takes two weeks oft off each year which I think Is wonderful but why k knock ock Morn Mom to the children Why make malIc m me out ut the drudge All As for the other men who may read tills this if they have wives ex-wives who do care for children cook coole mend sew nurse keep h use wait up when they're late Inte run the taxi tul service belong to the PTA paint their rooms fIx their toys listen to their woes because they're torn between two loves please dont don't degrade her just be be- be because raus cause she makes YOU sick but give her just a little credit in their eyes so 50 they wont won't be so mixed up and the guy who's taking the load off y yur r l shoulders and married the bag give him a little credit too So Dad pay 8 your support and feel you youre gotten off of real cheap east what hat would you do if you had the children U If you think you rightfully should have them then tal take it to court and tight fight for them But dont don't run Mom down to the kids e Dear Amy It If my husbands husband's brother Is my law brother would his wife be bemy my sister law also Mrs W B Dear Mrs I W n B Yes she would be and called by any other name she she's still sUII your sister in i Deaf Deat Amy Just a little note to say God Bless tou ou for your answer to In Love With Love I 1 am sure It was my husband she was out with and your answer is as true as God is above I I did so 60 love him and tried to make up what I thought I andI hed he'd lost in his first marriage If In Love would care to learn how to think straight l I I would like her to know his second I secondI marriage is far from childless and Its It's truly an Injustice to think of him as kind when he didn't care enough to spend Christmas day with his family Also dear In Love if you believe In God you know wha what lIe He has to say about adultery lIe knows there can be no happiness built on It I 1 would like you to think about who should supply the love lacking his wife and family Isn't he failing us May you print this so In Love may be soon out of love and like me In n Sympathy III Dear Amy Please tell In Love With Love that my husband has been hand hand- handing handing ing her a real line Our marriage isn't childless we have live five chil chil- chil children dren one one for each of the years we are married so she can see that there is nothing lacking in his hi present home life Amy you dont don't lave have to give her your sympathY if she wants my husband that bad she can have him with the thc five kids Wife No 2 Please address all letters to lo AMY ADAMS o c TillS NEWSPAPER ER For n a personal reply enclose e a stamped self addressed envelope |