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_ Dear Ann Landers; “TL was|~

stopped cold by (he letter fram!
the. woman who hated to be
photographed because she was;
overweight.’ She complained

our daughter, too, She is not:
ashamed the way some
eplileptics are. - :

I have discovered that people
can be wonderfully © un-

that ‘certain members of het) ‘dersianding if you giva them a

husband's family were very’
sneaky, They snapped candids
of her from the worst possible!

My husband's mother felt the
same way, only it was her nose
she was self-conscious about.
The dear woman died before 1
hada chance to meet her. 1)
regret this because I'm sure we:

--would have been very good

her anywhere,
- grandchildren and I would have

. was “too gaod for the family.

- everyone know

friends, \

The family respected my
mother-in-law’s wishes, and
there's not a single picture of
How my

treasured a single photograph,

bul, alas, there is none, -- Say

Cheese, Please. .

' Dear Cheese: ‘‘Vanily, thy

‘name is woman!” Have you

thought of her. high school -
yearbook or relatives who go.
way back? I'l bet with a litte:
imagination you could dig one

up. v3 ’

Dear Ann Landers: In recent
weeks you have printed a
number .of letters about
mothers .and ‘daughters who
couldn't get along. The |
peychiatrisL you quoted was .
wrong when he said, “Perhaps
if-the child showed some con-:
cern..for the mother, the:
emotional support might serve |
as a bridge tc help them both.”

-T couldn't disagree more.

My mother and I had fights

from the time! could talk until] -

was 25, which was four years
after I married... I bent over
backwards: to please her but
never could. She told me that
when I was born she was

. miserable because I came loo

soon after my brother,  I[
remember (the black-and-blue
marks from her ‘fingernails
when she pinched me, and the
headaches from being slapped
on the side of the head. I recall
the day she pushed me against
the stove because Ididn't dry a
3s properly.
are T took my dad's advice -
at 21 and moved out of the house —
she accused me of thinking 1

Many years have passed and

that possibility please.

Dear Ann Landers: I just.
read the letter from the mother
who was distraught because her
daughter's illness
diagnosed as epilepsy. My.
reaction was quite different. [’.
said, “Is that all? Thank god! I:

was afraid her. life. was in”

Ww . 7
The neurologist told us to “let,
. friends,
family, schoolmates, teachers: -;
so they can help.”

i
It was‘ good advice. Bein

_ open-has been much better for

was’ -

chance: Of course, there will
always be. those who. are
ignorant and Uhoughtless, but

angles at every opportunity. | “they should be pitied, not

scorned.

Our daughter is living a
normal life because she is a
normal girl, . The -only dif-

ference between her and her

non-eplleptic friends is that she
is on medication. - There Now,

Dear There: Your attitude is:
healthy and sensible. I hope it!
will help others to see their way
more clearly, . Thanks for
writing.” -

DEAR ANN LANDERS: Iain ©

the middle kid and Lord only.
knows. how much [ hate that

phrase. Here are a few of the -

reasons. _

L. Your: relatives. think the
aldest one is very smart and the
youngest’ one is just darling.
Notice the one who. is left out.

.2. The oldest kid was allowed © °°

to go to the fair by‘himself, The

youngest one was too youngz.to ._

go by hintself so Mom asked the
neighbors to take “him when
they tock their owa kid. who Is

his age. Notice again who got

Teft aut. ee 7
3. The. teachers- al . scheol
keep wanting to know how came
Lam not as smart as my. older
brother. They have also hinted
v that when my younger brother
. gets my age, he will be smarter
than lam. ,
Lam fed up with the whole
scene and I wish you would help
me out by printing my letter. !
know you can’t change my
place In the family, but maybe
certain people will see my letter
and lay off. Thanks a lot, Miss
Landers. — Kid In The Middle
DEAR KID: Here's. your

iletter and 1 certainly hope © . ;
> -mouth, dilation of the pupils -

“certain. people” will see it ang
lay off. . Relatives are
sometimes a little stupid, bul
teachers should know ‘better
than to compare a kid with his
brother — older OR younger.
Good luck to you in the future.

DEAR ANN LANDERS: Our

highschool teenage council took.
a survey among 50 boys and 50 .

-girls. We asked the following

questions: Girls: Do you con- ~:~

sider yourselves liberated? All

etter ii Sear eolurhhy Ldon't3t 50 said YES, We then asked If”

“WARNINGS ON

- ag
remaining 35 sald NO, unless
theguy had already asked them:
out first, -.” ye
We then asked 50 guys if they

‘would ACCEPT a dale if a girl

asked them. Only 9 said NO.
The other 41 said YES, if they
liked the girl. So, Ann, please
tell the girls this is 1974. If you
likea guy, don't wait for him to

ask you out, Ask HIM. — N.Y.

Ann Fans

DEAR FANS: I am passing
YOUR word, but adding a few of
my own. If I had been.included.

"in that survey (yeah, I now 7’m
@ Stone Age hag and my vote

doesn't count): it would have
been 36 instead of 35, If a girl
sees a puy often enough to ask
him out, he has alse seen HER.
And for my money, if she’s got
her head together she'll wait
until HE asks. :

I'm sure-my. comments will
‘make me as popular as Typhoid
Mary, but boys really don't dig
chicks who are too aggressive

“as those 15 girls will soon find!

out. So

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