Show 4 i By Kathy Mitchell Creators Syndicate DEAR ANNIE: & "Send your ea BflrfhEi? have a mother-in-lawho spends every winter with us The woman runs my house the minute she arrives Once she took down all my curtains ' laundered them and put them back up She shops cooks bakes and does our I w - laundry I sound ungrateful right? Here's the real ' "problem: I feel like a guest in my own home During her last visit I offered to dean up and ' she said “Never mind you go and relax” So I did Then she complained that she's “so tired after having so much to do" Well who asked her? Forget about time to ourselves when Mom is around Moni likes to get my husband alone v (' :so she can chat with him privately They can be tti talking up a storm and the minute I walk in ' t they stop I feel alienated Last time Mom visited I asked her to leave my house alone She didn't take it well' but she has to know her place My husband won't stand up to her and that upsets me so much I ' can’t even be in the same bedroom with him I am too tired to deal with this after 22 years ' This winter I plan to take a trip and return after she leaves They can have the whole house to themselves for four months My question is do you think that would be a wise thing to do? — Second Fiddle DEAR FIDDLE: We can just hear those thousands of women across the country saying ! 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But it's no picnic to feel like a stranger in your own home Also your hostility is coming through loud and clear It's obvious to us and no doubt to Mom that you dislike her Your husband's lack of support only makes things worse Suggest to your husband that Mom visit for a shorter period of time or break up her trip into two of three smaller ones If he refuses by all means take a vacation Four months is a long time however so you might consider multiple weekend trips instead There's certainly no point being miserable all winter DEAR ANNIE: I would like to know more about the sexually transmitted disease called years 'old papilloma that causes cancer I am-7and first learned of it when a friend nearly died because her gave it to her Young people need to know that when they have sex with someone they have sex with all of their Sugar Marcy Inc — B5 id zuua FOR BETTER OR WORSE too helpful Mother-in-la- w ne neraia journal Logan uian aaiuraay wovemoer :' r-- $-- 5 - ARLOANDJANIS : KiTtf HEEK KiTfY KlTttiL KlTtV Kitty KrfiV KiTYt Kitty K'Tty (7 Krityv 1 Klyty 1 r)J Krriy KittY ' may be needed Super-specialis- ts Pater H Gott MD Newspaper Enterprise Association By super-specialis- t? 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