My husband bailed out his bankrupt ex-wife — and…
DEAR ABBY: My husband is still in contact with his ex-wife. He gave her a big divorce settlement because he felt guilty.
She supported him financially through medical faculty, and he feels he wants to help her out every time she wants money.
The final time, she didn’t ask for it, but he had heard from his sister that she had declared chapter, so he gave her a big quantity of money.
When he informed me needed to do it, I mentioned no. If it had been for a medical purpose, I’d have agreed, but it’s not.
A number of days went by, and when I requested if he was still bouncing around the concept, he mentioned he had gone to her home and given her a verify.
He is aware of this bothered me a lot. He gave me three choices: I might be completely satisfied that we might help her, he would give me the identical quantity of money or I might get a divorce. How do you want those apples?
I really like my husband, but he’s “too good” to people. He provides me something I ask for (which I don’t), but this time I just don’t know.
He did inform me he cherished me but “had” to help her. What do I do? — PRESENT WIFE IN TEXAS
DEAR WIFE: If you like your husband, take a chunk of that apple and be grateful he can afford to be so beneficiant.
However, if you are feeling that his generosity has by some means shortchanged you, and because Texas is a group property state, maybe it’s best to talk about this with an attorney.
DEAR ABBY: The grocery store a mile from our home has just lately gone through a main growth and improve. I’ve shopped there my total life.
The store has two factors of ingress and egress. I’ve at all times entered through the door most handy for me. If what I need is on the east facet of the store, I enter and exit via the closest door.
Since the growth and improve, they now permit customers to enter only through one door and exit through the opposite. They will soon set up gates to stop customers from utilizing the “wrong” door.
I’ve an damage and might be having surgical procedure soon. Walking through your entire store to decide up a couple of gadgets situated close to the “exit only” door might be troublesome. I’m sure aged patrons really feel the identical approach.
I do know the store is counting on spontaneous purchases by doing this, but it’s extraordinarily non-customer-friendly. The high quality of customer support could make or break a business. Without prospects, a business will fail.
Please ship a message to grocery shops to change their strategies. — ANGRY LOYAL SHOPPER IN OHIO
DEAR SHOPPER: I’ll attempt, but I’m pessimistic that the message might be heeded. I do know many patrons expertise the identical aggravation that you feel.
The grocery store in my metropolis has branches in completely different neighborhoods. At my department, the management obtained the intense thought that utterly rearranging the store would generate more gross sales, forcing prospects to weave through aisles trying for gadgets that had been once straightforward to discover.
I don’t know how it has labored out for them because I now store at a completely different store. If you could have that option, take it.
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 DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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