Show I e- - DEAR ANN LANDERS: Your advice ia almost always right on target so I am hoping you will he able to help me out I do not feel comfortable discussing this with anyone else It seems one of my - mwM‘ Mawnf PMHEPWfiftCCMIHr ex-wi- pktfm no reason j fe support religiously goes to their sporting events takes them to church and arranges birthday parties and sleepovers with their friends He is die kind of father every kid prays for They love him dearly The marriage is over and he and his his personal are better off without address at hornet lb be each other but the children still nod BOTH more specific some' of it is pornographic and parents His told him flat-o“Why don’t you just disappear like mbst divorced downright disgusting I am worried that something may be going on between these two fathers?” although my husband insists that the cofrespou-dac- e May I say me thing to all divorced parents Is harmless I’m not so sure Fm aware who say nasty things about their to that he saves a lot of the junk she sends him I die children: Please STOP IT! Your marriage am concerned that our daughter who may be over but their childhood continues and is very computer-savv- y might accidentally it is die only one they will ever have Find die open up his files and see this filthy stuff decency and strength to do what is right for What should I do about this? — Concerned your children so they can have a good relationMom in Illinois ship with both parents If you are able to do DEAR MOM: Tell your moronic husband this everyone will come out a winner — An that his daughter knows how to log onto the Aunt in Monmouth County NJ coDEAR AUNT: I agree that when couples computer and that he and his worker should clean up their hobby in case she with children divorce there should be as much gets into his files You might also inform him civility as possible Backbiting and efforts to that even though you trust him the kind of stuff curry favor should he avoided at all costs the two of them are exchanging online makes When divorced parents get along their children you uneasy and you need more assurance that fare much better he is all yours and yours alone A while back a divorced couple who wrote DEAR ANN LANDERS: My brother went to me agreed at the suggestion of their chilthrough a nasty divorce with a woman who has dren that they all go on a lovely vacation nothing in her heart but revenge While they ' together The parents had such a good time were in the midst of getting a divorce she their love was rekindled and they decided to ' attacked him with a screwdriver as he was tryremarry The last 1 heard their marriage was ' ing to call die police She grabbed die phone doing very welL questionable material to ail SoiM‘ftfUKFA Rnymror mssvN' I WMRUNNN&OUtSM ONlYWFlAyeODUNOLMi' and beat him with it He had her arrested for assault and the whole thing turned very ugly Men are not looked upon favorably in our courts even when they are the victims All she got was a slap on the wrist My brother wants nothing to do with his but they have two children 8 and 9 years of age which means there must be some contact re he will never see them He pays child husband’s female co woc&dt has $een lending him some rather ' - CWn better or worse concerns wire By Ann Landers' Creators Svndteato Inc - The Herald Journal Logan) Utah Tuesday March 14 2000 — Page 13 A’CJ&LE GILBERT ex-wi- fe ex-wi- fe ut f 60 MY HEAD QUELLED UP LIKE UOMEN HATE IT LdHEN YOU SUMMARIZE A BEACH BALL AND THE IAS WANTS TO PUT ME IN JAIL VT fr ' trash-talki- ng By Peter H Gott MD Newspaper Enterprise Association DEAR DR GOTT: My mom and I constant- fluid consumption so I recommend that you be examined and tested by your physician DEAR DR GOTT Because of an irregular heart beat called atrial fibrillation my old wife is taking Coumadin Could the medicine be the reason her memory is failing? DEAR READER: Such a relation is highly unlikely However in my opinion your wire should have further testing performed such as a CT scan of the brain Here’s why: Patients with atrial fibrillation have a much higher incidence of stroke than do people with regular pulse rates Small clots readily form on the lining of a fibrillating heart occasionally fragment and break off only to be carried to the brain where they cause strokes that cause no symptoms whatsoever After months or years of 79-yea- r-' ly disagree about water I drink about 20 glasses a day and feel great She says dial this is a harm- GRIZZWELLS ft ADNtf 5 HEY TALK ‘BftfeAMGE ‘ ful obsesnon What’s your diagnosis? DEAR READER: I’U side with your mother on this one Most people rely on their thirst eaten to tell them wha to consume fluids Wha we’re thirsty we need to drink Twenty glasses of water a day seems excessive to me and suggests that you may have either of two conditions: diabetes insipidus or such mini-strok- memory It is for this reason that cardiologists patients with atriurge doctors to al fibrillation using drugs such as Coumadin to anti-coagul- ate the first instance patients have an abnor-- ZITS patients frequently lose es LET'S FIGURE THIS OT WGmxv&ax ASOPHCBOIgASKS: NOTHE virenzaeERKEipQ peeper - AGHENEERS I PORE THAR I 24 HOWS nonezvw PRESS a ’ other hand ' is a psychological disorder often associated with mental disease I do not know the case of your increased Horoscopo- shris m under- treated and is actually forming clots despite the Coumadin In either case further evaluation is warranted - both career-wis- e and financially! 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