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"By Abigail Van Buren

* 1980 by Universal Press Syndicate

DEAR ABBY: Six months ago I married a beautiful
woman. She had the kind of beauty that most men can only

dream about. She was cuddly and loving before we were -

married and until about a month after; then. Bobby, her 9
year-old aon, took over. ;
_ She prepares only Bobby's favorite food (mainly ham:
buégers) and never asks me what I want. When I suggest
something, I'm told, “We aren’t ubed to eating that!”
She speaka of her righta and Bobby's rights. Never mine.
She buys him any toy he wants. He alreddy has more than
100 in cartons and tires of them quickly."
- She allows Bobby to hold and touch her, but I am told it’s
not “proper” for a husband and wife to show physical
affection in front of children. She's 43, I'm 46, but a 9-year-
old rules our house. We have to watch his favorite TV shows,
and when we eat out, we go where Bobby wants to go.
Abby, I was willing to accept her son; he's part of her. But

- T feel like'an outsider looking in. Until he was 7, he slept

with her. (He had no bed of his own.)

How can I get Bobby to share his mother with me? I’m not
even allowed to correct him. If I try, she jumps all over me,
so I just pay their bills and get nothing out of our marriage.

What is your advice? .
mo, OUTSIDER IN CHICAGO

DEAR OUTSIDER: Tell your bride that you are
dissatisfied with your marriage and will need her
cooperation (and Bobby's) to improve it. Family
counseling, Involving all members of the family, will
be required. If she refuses to cooperate, you can
either dissolve the marriage or hang around while
the lady “with the kind of beauty most men dream
about” continues to use you. 7

DEAR ABBY: About three weeks ago I met a real neat kid.
We hit it off swell together. He asked me for my telephone
number and I gave it to him.

The next day he called and we made a date for that Friday

umped-intolHim by, accident, and ‘he aaid-he was sorry
pomp Ke te éd‘last Friday, but ‘something un-
expected came up and he couldn’t make it.

He asked if he could see me that night and [ said yes.
Well, he didn’t show up and didn't call. Next Saturday night
my girlfriend is having.a party, and she told me to bring my
own guy. Do you ‘think | should give this kid another

chance? I stil] like him. . .
HOLES IN. MY HEAD

DEAR HOLES: If you do, you should borrow the
rocks in Ags head to fill up the holes in yours.

DEAR ABBY: Would you care to speculate on why a man

- would lose three wedding rings in the first four years of his

marriage? :
HIS WIFE

DEAR WIFE: He either consciously or uncon-
sciously doesn’t want to a) be married, b) look
married, c) feel married. Or a combination of all
three.

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