Dearl Abby: Teen would like to stiff-arm mom’s ‘affectionate’ friend
Dear Abby: I’m 16, go to high school, play football and make good grades.
At church every Sunday, a lady who is one of my mom’s friends always makes a point of coming up to me to talk.
Tell your mother her friend is coming across as creepy and scary.
Because her behavior makes you uncomfortable, avoid physical contact with her by stepping back when she tries to hug you.
Dear Abby: I’ve been living with my boyfriend for several years, and he has this habit of not locking the front door.
Is this a guy thing? I have told him repeatedly that I don’t feel safe when he does this, yet every other morning I wake up and the front door is not locked! I feel like a broken record.
Even though we are on the second floor, I still hate coming home to doors in the apartment that are unlocked.
Too often we see reports in the news about yet another tragedy, after which a neighbor appears on camera saying, I don’t understand it.
Things like this don’t happen in our neighborhood.
Because you haven’t been able to convince him to change his ways, the solution to your problem is to take the initiative and lock the doors yourself.
[...] I have to wonder about the “friend” who felt compelled to tell her where the baby gifts had been purchased, in light of the fact that the price tags were still on the garments and they had never been worn.