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WHENS TRE PLANE. # vie Sows cee Ratpcasey are EoD ati ey by raat Parker’ and Johnny Hart "some ‘folks -to-have fee an aid fancter’ homey They get . Your fear. o Uonshi Ps. ces can : make ‘i ‘possible. For: Hacs, : cthipe and. ioe club, spolled ae “up, forpet their old nds and socla-elimb é crazy. Pve seen this a Happen to the kids F went i with 20. years _ oe They are nothing . Pose snobs. buten a few eyes, a lot about why - come people -haven't from a few ed friends inalong ame ‘The answers “They have = a became too rich to bathe er with you.” Face the - Accarding to you, It’s OK for friends to “drift > .. *°- apart” but you take | .' _ exception to the: word “outgrow.” May-I ask . - how you distinguish ‘the © Pap _. wo? Is it not possible:. . that in 20 years some‘of’ your classmates ‘have lled to become. Involy-...”: ed in activities that stretch . minds, {mprove vocabularies, © “Droaden’ horizons. and. alter values? . ’ Some people simply ; : et older. — and fatter. thers become more. interesting, better: in- formed, more: discrimi- nating and less willing to settle for ihe same. con- ° versation they. heard 20. years ago. Perhaps that’s why.they “drift apart. no - -Gorging and purging ’ Please share this with ‘others for the benefit. of those thousands - of -women who rely on self- f induced _ vomi as a struggled with this every day. of my life even though I know a dozen reasons to stop. You've had several columns : abou t tt — in fact, fiest real insight I got inte my Bro m was matt less, ashamed and Re. pressed. A_few. months ae I considered suicide.: I have experienced all. . the terrible side-effects — stomach and throat irritation, tooth decay” brulsed eye? lids from the strain of . --vomiting, and danger- - - ously low potassium levels that have affected . my heartbeat and ener: , ah level. I started to see-a very - good therapist recently, ] . “al pattern, - I am writing to. en- courage each person who vale nd gor and . urgin et now Before tt if too ep no I Should have taken your-. advice years age when when ” FO suggested: Bir T cante to decent the fact that I couldn't solve. the problem alone. — Slowly Thank you for a splen- did letter..Nothing 1 ‘ight have sald could be half so convincing. Bless yeu for writing. I am a good-looking, © 2#-year-old male college arid and definitely asex- ual. This is not the way I want it to be, but after 15 dates with lovely, inter- esting’ young women, and not the silghtest de- sire to kiss even one of then, I know the truth. My problem is how to deal with those who us- sume that because 1 do not sleep around [ am BAY. Several friends have inted and offered “understanding and ac- ceptance anyway.” Rela- tives have suggested counselling. I a have problems but~ homosexuality is not one - of them. Years ago, when deal- ing with my fear of rela: tionshi ronsidered __ the possibility that I was ERY. But. I have never n attracted to males, ° sothat’s out, .. My shyness has made me reluctant.to form. , else relationships, and I'm sure there are others Hike me. Please int this letter so all lood- thirsty clunks out there “will stop whispering abuut us and offer, in- stead, a little under- standing. — Nowhere . ‘Simply ipnore the Innuendoes. . who ex- cuses himself accuses himself, Get sume addl- ". tional counselling. Your * life will be ‘enormously ° richer when you conquer close rela | 4 icept that friends can - one bet my letter will fo ict pe visi mall mit +1 _ Who ds Juntor? I have an unusual fae My husband’s ~:~ ther was named Jolin ~@. Smith. My husband Is. heavy thighs the’ old. - --.” masters used ta paint. - doh Q. Smith Jr. Our . Sont is John Q. Smith IL .. addressed to Mrs. John at ed away in. November. My. niece .(who knows’. everything) says mt “Hraes band ‘is now. John @. Smith and our.son John - band’s records (baptism, OK marriage license,’ insur-.. v: ance ) state his name Is dohn Q. Smith J ‘Last Christeghs the - git were sent: to John. ” a and” Joho Jr,. Abo my. ..- mother-in- “law, who How “lives with us, opens all’: ‘letters from my niece -@. Smith Is my. niece correct? r ‘-have never, heard of names this uge-it even though their ' Fathers are deceased. Sh says this is the le ears . of doing thi e cor- rect? — Bull fala ae Like most “know-it- - alls,” your niece has -half- - baked information. The facts can be found in - ' Amy Vanderbilt's. book on etiquette by ‘Tish Bal- drige. .. Here they are: A’ man.who .is a Jr. ~ usually | drops the “Jr.” wk “unless both -he. and his late ‘father were 50 Well- _ known that to drop it - “would © cause, public confusion. (For example, Franklin Roosevelt Jr. kept it after his father's death.) A’man with a [1 after his name is not named for his father but for someone else in the — _family, perhaps an uncle or.a-grandfather of the , " same name. Upon the’ “death of the original - holder. of that:name, he © - would drup the “1,” un- _less, again, there would: be: confusion. hecause both names were sv. well: ' ' known. Someone. carry- . Ing the suffix. 01 or , Usually keeps it-until he * dies, or until: -his- pre: , decessors have died and |‘ _ he is tired of usingit. = o-., “When a sulfix is drop: ” ped, - Revenue Cana . Should be notified —. also charge accounts and. -@lubs. In addition, busi- 7 ness cards ‘should be, changed | need ‘a. Little nu at of philosophy, some me that we go. thie wayronty: ones. 2% k precious time on foo ess, Can" thing | can tn up with some- T can tape to. my Sethroout mirror? — are it is — start clip- ping and taping: Yester- day |s_ a, cancelled cheque. Tomorrow fs a promissory - -note.- Today is the only cash you have 80 spend it wisely. . e B i HEATHCLIFF My father-in-law pass - Q: Smith Jr- All-my. fins: Signature hight : t such hea 4 PA we listen ‘Ths is for “Lean and Like’Em That Way.” Tn oue of those “broad - beanted dames” with the... | - curvaceous hips and. z > have’ 260 pounds ‘of | “ettves than 100 pounds | F - of nerves, I'm with her. ; . lost thin people are. - 0. hun Up on their here every-. one to death with talk of all sierobe dancing, . low -cal rec and new sugar subaiitaaee Mean. while, they are smoking | themselves to death be- cause the nicotine kills the appetite and the won't stop, even th the doctors tell them they are he; for “t's time People stop: ed idglizing those Ollow-cheeked, rat- skinn models with caved-in middies .and. knobby knees. You can. ; help. a wa Amn. by by print: ing this Ieiter You've made some ” valid points — ‘especially - 7 about. smoking. Your ights one. the most . dangerous aspects of obesity — high blood ‘pressure, “the ‘sl- lent killer.” Often there : are no symptoms of this ‘sneaky disease. | urge every person who reads this column to get his or her bleod pressure | checked -- immediately, : especially if you are . _ overwelght. It could save - ; Your ll life. Why. do people make * of adult children who ask .. ta move. back home be- + cause of economic hard: - ‘~.\ Ship? If the kids are'louts who abuse. hospitality — >) well, -you: get what ; “Faiised | and ail . put Up with, hat-you wi Our da hier return- out of col a lege fora year and work- at a. job that pald : th cakes. She is an adult and ves like one, We . do not question her com-. ar go We do not criticize me friends nor Peace How nice to receive a . letter Ike yours. Most ‘of the mail: on. this Subject came from kids with complaints and parents who were miserable, You must have done some . thing right: eT {lk PET. 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