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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune BS HOME & FAMILY Friday, March 14, 1997 Dear ‘Other Woman’: Let Me Clue You In on My Hubby Dear Ann: Please print this let t all the women having af fairs with married men. Most of them believe they aren't doing 2 m. They say they are filling a needfor some love-starved, glected husband and no one is being hurt. I would like to set the record straight, and I hope you passes, “You should be ashamed of yourself. Go on home where ANN LANDERS you belong, and payattention to your wife and family. You madea commitment. Nowlive up to it.” current sleeping companion has probably given you the impres- in the world, Let me tell you the have a the- would negate the charge, I found this column sees him- or herselfat chine. No, I didn’t want to add a ; Dear Other Woman: Your sion that heis the greatest father thetelephone company, hopingit — His Wife in Maryland will help meby printing this truth. He missed most ofthe Lit tle League games this year be- Dear Ann: Recently, I mis: dialed a long-distance number and got someone’s answering machine. It took a minuteor two to realize my mistake. When I called Women like you are home wreckers. How wonderful it wouldbe if you andyourkindtold those married men who make n who reads myself talking to another ma- some timeor another. I'll bet alot of those Other Womenare going to have a hardtime looking in the phoneor other services. Finally mirror. I hope your adolescent husbandreadsthis and decides to solved myproblemin one minute clean uphis act. But it took almost 30 minutes to get to her, and it was exhausting between the nd endlessly repeated recordings, alive person and frustrating. oO This recorded-message busi- wish to reporta fire, press 7. If ness has gone too far. It’s impossi- you wish to report a crime, pre: 8. If you need medical help, press 9. Thank you. You have selected 9. All of our personnel arebusyat bleto geta real, live person on the phone anymore. I'd like the programmer who thought up the idea of voice mail to get stuck calling 911 with a real emergency and haveto face something likethis Welcome to 911. If you would like to reach the mayor's office, pleasepress1. If you wish to com- ment on Broad Street's traffic problem, please press 2. If you would like the daily public-school lunch menu,pleasepress 3. If you wish the phone numbers of our county commissioners, press 4 For their next meeting date, press 5. For information on our Fourth of July celebration, press 6. If you the moment, but please hold the line, and the next available representative will be with you. In the meantime, enjoy the music.” — Unlisted in Chicago Dear Unlisted: Maddening. isn't it? Thanks for sharing your agony. All of us have been there oO Ann Landers’ booklet “Nig: gets and Doozies”’is available by sending an SASE and $5.25 (for postage and handling) to: Nuggets, c/o Ann Landers, P.O. 11562, Chicago, IL 60611-0562. cause hewas with you. He missed his daughter's dance recital last Tuesday and parents’ d school on Thursday bee: was with you. He wa whenhis son broke hi: hadto take the boy to the hospital myself. I can’t tell youthe number of family get-togethers I have attended without him because he had to “work late.” He is neveraroundto helpwith the children’s homework because he has to be with “an important client.” (That's you.) In case you think he’s loadéd, the money he spends entertaining you comes out of ourchildren’scollege fund Edutainment: Children Learn While They Play @ Continued from B-1 played back with the words. Four stories are included, each with a foundation in Jamaican lore, so kids learnalittle about the culture, too. 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