Show e 1 en wrw ti’i " I Prqg 10— ThiHorald Journal Logan Utah Monday March 23 1996 FOR BETTER OR WORSE Bored wife tempted to have affair By Aim Landers Creators Syndteate Inc DEAR ANN LANDERS: My itory ii one I’m ore you have heard hundreds of times before but tb® ending may be a little different I hope you can help My marriage of IS years was boring me to death so I decided to seek counseling I talked to a friend who had had a similar problem with “ her marriage and she recom- mended a psychologist who had helped her She said he was terrific and I made an appointment at once After two sessions I felt very comfortable with Dr X and actually looked forward to the next session Five sessions later Ik X told me that his map riage was no good either and that he found me very attractive He is beginning to look good to me too Ann I need some advice in a hurry — Southern Belle DEAR BELLE: Sounds to me like your marriage counselor needs a marriage counselor And you need an affair with your therapist like you need a third eye in the middle of your forehead Ask your physician or clergyman to suggest someone else at once If you have a standing appointment with Dr X get it off his calendar pronto DEAR ANN LANDERS: I just read your response to “A Hard Place in Florida” who had left her daughter in the care of the child’s grandmother “Florida” now says she is able to care for her own child and wants her back You agreed that the child belongs with her and suggested a gradual transition If all is well you are right — the child belongs with her natural mother But my advice is for the woman to consider carefully what is best for her child Taking the gill from her grandmother could be devastating My mother was only 16 when she gave Midi to me 33 years ago She could not take care of me and I was sent to live with my grandparents in a stable and loving environment They treated me as their own I had suitable clothes to wear and three nutritious meals a day I was loved and lumpy When I was 4 my mother married and settled down in another city She and her new husband came for me because “a child belongs with her mother” It was the wont day of my life I was traumatized by being taken away from people who had been so loving My mother and her husband were strangers and I wu afraid of them My stepfather resented my presence I wu always getting in his way YOU LET ME GUESS DATABASE SIX MONTHS AGO 0UY YOUNG INTERN ASKED p ' YOU WHAT THE TERM CAN SEARCH THE BY NAME WEAPON OR TATTOO u u WALLY: 1 "KILLER APPLICATION Their financial problems forced us to move around a lot There were times when we went without food and I rarely had enough clothes I wu a nervous wreck most of the time and lived in constant fear of doing something that might make my stepfather shout at me I wu miserable When I wu 181 graduated from high school and my grandparents came back and rescued me but I wu never able to forget the unhappiness I experimothenced a child Please urge that er in Florida to do what’s best far her daughter She may think she’s all grown up now and ready for the responsibilities of raising a child but she might be wrong — Been There and Done That DEAR BEEN THERE: No me knows die territowell a person who hu traveled that road — ry and you certainly have I hope the young mother who wrote sea your letter and heeds your advice - vi? DILBERT MEANT ARLO AND JANIS u Consider the woman’s perspective this On one hand the intimacy generated by decades of commitment and familiarity may be Peter H Gott MD Newspaper Enterprise Association By DEAR DR GOTT A reader asked you desirable On the other hand you may be correct Three could be a whole generation of grandmothers out if regular intercourse would cause him to have prostate there who can’t wait to be released from the bondage of what they perceive to be a ritualized and problems His wife told him partners unpleasant act performed by that it would You said I am appealing to readers to address this important unanswered question I really want to know “Fortunately no” How stupid can you be? what you my female readers over 70 think about Did you check with his wife? this issue Write to me care of this newspaper You’re no Ann Landers but woman DEAR DR GOTT I’m a I'll bet she used this excuse who has been taking Altace for hypertension About to avoid having relations with him rather than just six months ago widiout warning I developed a rash telling him that she’s fed up with decada of bumps on my scalp and started losing my hair I have been and grinds! 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