Show C2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday April 11 2003 Photos may end marriage By Kathy Mltchall A Marcy Creators Syndfcate Inc DEAR The man is slime The risk to your reputation becomes less important when you consider he could hold this over your head forevec Do you have children together? Could marriage counseling salvage this mess? If so make an appointment immediately If not talk to an attorney about your next move Good luck ‘DEAR ANNIE: My were in town and and kids wife recently my (ages 11 8 and 4) decided to go together to visit a cousin for dinner I was in school that evening and returned home at 9 pm to find the house empty My wife and kids walked in the doors little past 10 pm I voiced my disapproval saying this was a school night and the children should be in bed at their normal hour no later than 8:30 My wife retorted that they had fun and it was perfectly appropriate to disregard Jhe curfew every so often I feel she should be more cognizant of the children’s schedules Latitude is perfectly acceptable on the weekends but not on school nighis What do you think? — Florida Dad DEAR DAD: It’s not a good idea to be too rigid with the house rules Your children need to see that their father can be flexible when the need arises It won’t hurt diem to delay their bedtime in order to spend a few more minutes with their grandparents and cousin as long as they understand the privilege is for special occasions only Yes they may be a bit tired the next morning but they will recuperate soon and be grateful to have such undostanding Sugar ANNE: I des- perately need your help ' Recently I took over the finances for our family and it was necessary to use my husband’s computer One afternoon I inadvertently discovered a digital photo of myself in the nude I remembered my husband had taken some photos of me several months ago in die privacy of our bedroom In the comer of the photo was a label ' indicating more pictures could be found at another Web site I went to the Web site registered for a free trial and found numerous pfalo- tos of myself in very explicit positions I realize I should never have allowed these photos to be taken but at the time it seemed like a good way to spice up our sex life Now I fed betrayed hurt and angry I’m ready to walk out on this marriage However if I leave him I’m scared my husband will ruin my reputation in die community by telling others where to find these photos What should I do? — Small Town USA DEAR SMALLTOWN: Your husband is already distributing these pictures to anyone who can access the Web site What makes you think half the town doesn’t already know about FOR BETTER OR WORSE V? ?'vmMiriMTIBA I BAft'KMMTOftWHflM MMTVEMtVMH- ‘l- - ? 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Did blood donation cause symptoms? picked up a virus in the course of your normal activities an understandable situation that only seemed to be related to blood donation Remember that giving blood in the Unite States is not associated with any illness (Not so in China however where hundreds of blood donors contracted AIDS from contaminated equipment) In most instances it’s the receiv- ing of blood products that is associated with diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS unless the transfusions have been assiduously screened Nonetheless I believe it is appropriate for you to mention your symptoms to your primary care physician — and to report them to the Red Cross You may need to have some blood tests to make absolutely sure you are virus-fre- e Also the Red Cross may choose to remove your donated blood from the transfusion pool because if you do have a minor viral infection it could be easily spread to an unsuspecting recipient who couid become quite ill from it By Peter H Gott MD Newspaper Enterprise Association DEAR DR GOTT: Is it possible to develop flu-lisymptoms' and ankle swelling after donating a pint of blood? Two days after this event I also experienced body aches nausea vomiting loss of appetite headache and fatigue Is there a connection? ' DEAR READER: Donating a single pint of blood is unlikely to cause the symptoms you listed Ordinarily routine blood donation causes no symptoms whatsoever although some donors can suffer weakness headache and lassitude for short periods of time I suspect that you like anyone else probably ke : GRIZZWELLS WT? rb'ttHNERWWER FftlUWEA TbToll WERljr OHMAN- -I UoPE HE £T1PTO TWIN! 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