My house is not a convenience store, despite what…
“Overwhelmed in Ohio” seeks advice on dealing with a new, intrusive neighbor always asking for gadgets.
“In a Dilemma in Pennsylvania” asks how to deal with her husband’s brother courting his past one-night stand.
A 17-year-old in the West worries about his thumb-sucking behavior being uncovered in faculty.
DEAR ABBY: I moved into my condominium 4 months in the past. While my sister, her son and I have been transferring issues in, my new next-door neighbor launched herself. She has since change into intrusive. I’m an introvert, and she knocks on my door wanting every little thing from plastic luggage to cigarettes and alcohol. Every day since I moved right here, she has been asking for one thing. She got here six occasions yesterday. I’d like to be her good friend, but she takes and I give. I’m drained. Help, please. — OVERWHELMED IN OHIO
DEAR OVERWHELMED: A approach to repair this can be to inform your neighbor the reality. Tell her you want to to be a thoughtful neighbor, but you might be not a convenience store and do not want to be disturbed on a daily foundation. Then, when she comes around asking for cigarettes, liquor or plastic luggage (that are choking our landfills and our waterways), inform her you might be recent out — and repeat it as needed. If she persists, talk about it with the management of your condominium building.
DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law is at the moment in a relationship with a girl who was intimate with my husband many years before we married. It was a one-night factor, but now she is with my BIL and is going to be at household capabilities. I’m afraid it’s going to be awkward, and I’m not comfy. My husband is supportive of whatever I select to do. The relaxation of the household has no issue with it because, of course, it’s not their issue. I need advice. — IN A DILEMMA IN PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR DILEMMA: This is not a dilemma unless you select to make it one. A one-night stand is not a relationship, and the lady is not a trigger for concern. What occurred between them once, many years in the past before your marriage, shouldn’t be a menace to you or your relationship with your husband’s household. If anybody is tasteless enough to carry it up, deal with it with humor or say you don’t want to talk about it. Then act like the woman you might be and be cordial.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a 17-year-old man, and I still suck my thumb, though I do it principally when I’m in mattress. I’m going to faculty next 12 months, and I’m frightened I’d get outed by a roommate if I’m caught. Is my behavior that uncommon, and do you will have any advice on how to stop it? It’s like an dependancy. — EMBARRASSSED IN THE WEST
DEAR EMBARRASSSED: You are not alone in having this drawback. In the past, I’ve heard from other adults who suck their thumbs. Comfort your self with the thought that it’s not an dependancy and not all that uncommon. Stress has been recognized to trigger people to suck their thumbs. One approach to discourage the behavior can be to keep your self from turning into overly drained. Another can be to coat your thumbs with a bad-tasting substance. (Search online or ask your pharmacist to advocate one thing.) That, coupled with the worry of being ridiculed, might do the trick.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also recognized as Jeanne Phillips, and was based by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at http://www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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