Monday, November 29, 2004
She Gets Paid For This?
I’ve had enough of Dear Abby being all nice and tactful in her replies so I’m taking over.
Dear Abby:
My 16-year-old daughter went to a party at a frat house where she was given a great deal to drink. Feeling “woozy,” she went outside. One of the “boys” suggested she go back to his room to lie down. She had known this fellow before that night and trusted him. She was drunk, and he had sex with her. It was her first time. She claims she tried to make him stop, but he wouldn’t.
Shouldn’t the young man be punished in some way? I feel something should be done, and I also worry about him doing this to some other girl. Would this constitute date rape?
CONFUSED in Virginia
Don’t you mean STUPID in Virginia?
What parent allows their 16 year old daughter to attend a frat party where there are college aged boys and kegs of beer? And please stop playing the victim role and pushover because all you’re doing is teaching your daughter to do the same...which is why she ended up at a frat party getting so loaded she didn’t have enough sense to fricken leave. Call the police and report the crime and then promptly go find someone to kick your ass for being a shitty parent.
Dear Abby:
I have been dating “Howie” for a year. I love him and want to spend my life with him, but women are attracted to Howie like bees to honey. Women come on to him even though he tells them he’s in a serious relationship. Howie does talk to them, but he is just a friendly guy.
I don’t want to lose my boyfriend over this, but it’s really bothering me. How should I handle it?
UNCOMFORTABLE in Florida
Dear UNCOMFORTABLE
For starters, go find some self esteem. G-d you make me sick. Boo-hoo, you have a good looking and friendly boyfriend and all the girls are envious of you. Hey, chica, unless Howie starts cheating on you, get over yourself. Quit being such a possessive bitch.
Dear Abby:
I recently went through a difficult two-year divorce from “Jayson” after 10 years of marriage. My former mother-in-law, “Violet,” now insists that I return the china that Jayson and I received during the marriage. I always thought a gift was just that, a gift.
Violet insists that the china be returned. She says it wasn’t from “my” family. I say it was my family for 10 years. You see, Abby, Jayson left me.
I have told Jayson and his mother the china is in storage and that I’m saving it for our son. Am I wrong?
FURIOUS in Virginia
Dear FURIOUS:
Go ahead and return the china....just don’t take care in packing to see that it doesn’t break along the way. If she lives within driving distance, call her up, tell her you’ll return it and when you show up at her door, “trip” over a crack in the sidewalk, spilling her precious china everywhere.
No, seriously, tell the old hag to come get it herself. Besides, do you really want to present that at your son’s wedding? “Here you go son...this is the china we received at our wedding...before we had that nasty divorce and grandma got all pissy about me keeping it. Here’s to your wedded bliss!” Think, lady.
See? All these people need is the cold, hard truth. Screw tact.
