Spelling problems and family gathering friction
A Dear Abby column excerpt discusses a secretary with an English major failing to spell Europe and recalls old education. a second letter describes a 10 year marriage, two couples with two children each, and the demand that sitters be hired for family events, highlighting intrafamily tensions.
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Dear Abby reader faces favoritism at family gatherings
A reader asks if she should skip gay gatherings to avoid hurt from Ben and Mary's favored children after a decade of this dynamic. Abby advises the reader to attend or absent herself as a couple, noting the husband should support his wife or likewise miss events.
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Contest Winner Refuses Ritzy Car In Rugged Alaska Town
Bruce Cain, 33, an accountant in Grennallen Alaska, won a Lincoln Town Car valued at about 30000 dollars in an Alaska Airlines promotional game but says the luxury sedan is too fancy for his remote hometown. His wife Shirley agrees that the car does not fit their rugged, rusty pickup truck country.
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Alaska
Bruce Cain
Anchorage
Grennallen
Shirley
Alaska Airlines
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