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DEAR ABBY
Liquor found in teen’s car was purchased by her dad
Dear Abby: I have a
should discuss this and reach
16-year-old
stepdaughter,
an agreement about how this
“Candy.” My wife recently
will be handled in the future.
discovered three bottles of
Dear Abby: I am writing to
liquor in the car Candy drives.
share a positive experience I
When confronted, she told
hope will help others. It’s what
my wife the booze was for an
a relief divorce can be.
upcoming party. We grounded
I was miserable married
her.
to my husband. I used to hear
Jeanne
My wife called her ex-hus- Phillips people on the radio talk about
band to tell him their daughter
their beloved husband or wife,
Advice
is grounded and he would have
and my heart would twist with
to pick her up on his visitation
regret that I never felt that way.
weekend, as she won’t be driving. He I spent years almost numb because
then informed my wife HE was the I was lying to myself about my
one who bought her the booze! I’m marriage. I spent years reading books
dumbfounded and don’t know how to on how to improve our relationship,
handle this. Please advise. — Shocked years going to workshops. Nothing
In Houston
changed.
Dear Shocked: Candy is only 16,
I was always walking on eggshells
so she can be forgiven her lapse in waiting for him to yell. I didn’t trust
judgment. Her father is old enough to my husband to be kind to me, and
know better than to hand over bottles frankly, I don’t think he ever loved me.
of alcohol to his minor child. In the
After much therapy and a lot of
state of Texas, he has violated the very hard work, I fi nally got out of the
law. The legal age for consumption or relationship. I thank God every day for
POSSESSION of alcohol is 21, with my freedom. Sometimes I’m so happy
few exceptions. If you are smart, you being by myself reading a book or
will stay out of it. Your wife and her ex making my own plans that I feel I’m
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Today is the 112th day of
2017. There are 253 days left
in the year.
Today’s Highlight in
History:
On April 22, 1864,
Congress authorized the use
of the phrase “In God We
Trust” on U.S. coins.
On this date:
In 1889, the Oklahoma
Land Rush began at noon as
thousands of homesteaders
staked claims.
In 1930, the United States,
Britain and Japan signed the
London Naval Treaty, which
regulated submarine warfare
and limited shipbuilding.
In 1937, thousands of
college students in New York
City staged a “peace strike”
opposing American entry
into another possible world
confl ict.
In 1946, Harlan F. Stone,
chief justice of the United
States, died in Washington,
D.C., at age 73.
In 1952, an atomic test
in Nevada became the fi rst
nuclear explosion shown on
live network television as a
31-kiloton bomb was dropped
from a B-50 Superfortress.
In 1964, President Lyndon
B. Johnson opened the New
York World’s Fair.
In 1970, millions of
Americans concerned about
the environment observed the
fi rst “Earth Day.”
In 1987, Joe Hunt, leader
of a social and investment
group called the “Billionaire
Boys Club,” was convicted
by a jury in Santa Monica,
California, of murdering Ron
Levin, a con man whose body
was never found. (Hunt was
sentenced to life in prison.)
In 1994, Richard M.
Nixon, the 37th president of
the United States, died at a
New York hospital four days
after suffering a stroke; he
was 81.
In 1997, in Lima, Peru,
government
commandos
stormed
the
Japanese
ambassador’s
residence
where Tupac Amaru rebels
were holding 72 hostages,
ending a 126-day crisis; two
commandos, one hostage and
all 14 rebels were killed in the
dramatic rescue.
In 2000, in a dramatic
pre-dawn raid, armed immi-
gration agents seized Elian
Gonzalez, the Cuban boy
at the center of a custody
dispute, from his relatives’
home in Miami; Elian was
reunited with his father at
Andrews Air Force Base near
Washington.
Today’s
Birthdays:
Actress Charlotte Rae is 91.
Actress Estelle Harris is 89.
Singer Glen Campbell is
81. Actor Jack Nicholson is
80. Singer Mel Carter is 78.
Author Janet Evanovich is
74. Country singer Cleve
Francis is 72. Movie director
John Waters is 71. Singer
Peter Frampton is 67. Rock
singer-musician Paul Carrack
(Mike and the Mechanics;
Squeeze) is 66. Actor
Joseph Bottoms is 63. Actor
Ryan Stiles is 58. Baseball
manager Terry Francona is
58. Comedian Byron Allen is
56. Actor Chris Makepeace is
53. Rock musician Fletcher
Dragge is 51. Actor Jeffrey
Dean Morgan is 51. Actress
Sheryl Lee is 50. Actress-talk
show host Sherri Shepherd is
50. Country singer-musician
Heath Wright (Ricochet) is 50.
Country singer Kellie Coffey
is 46. Actor Eric Mabius is
46. Actor Ingo Rademacher
is 46. Rock musician Shavo
Odadjian (System of a Down)
is 43. Rock singer-musician
Daniel Johns (Silverchair) is
38. Actor Malcolm Barrett is
37. Actress Cassidy Freeman
is 35. Actress Michelle Ryan
is 33. Actress Amber Heard
is 31. Singer-songwriter BC
Jean (Alexander Jean) is 30.
Thought for Today:
“That men do not learn very
much from the lessons of
history is the most important
of all the lessons that history
has to teach.” — Aldous
Huxley, English author
(1894-1963).
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going to burst with joy. My days are
precious to me now. For me, divorce
has been an awakening. — Patricia
In Massachusetts
Dear Patricia: While divorce can
be therapeutic, it isn’t the answer for
everyone. Because you were married
to an angry, abusive man, it’s for
the best that you fi nally ended the
marriage. I can’t help feeling that
what you did was a positive step for
both of you.
Dear Abby: When we go to church
with our daughters, ages 9 and 11, we
are greeted at the door by an usher in
his 70s. He has told our 9-year-old
several times that he’s going to marry
her when she grows up. She doesn’t
know what to say. My husband and I
don’t like it. What should we do? —
Dumbstruck In The East
Dear Dumbstruck: Tell the
usher privately that his comment is
not appreciated. Discuss it with the
minister afterward, if necessary. Your
daughter is a nice girl, but I wouldn’t
blame her if she told him, “If you’re
still alive and breathing by the time
I’m grown up, I’ll consider it.”