Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Excerpt
A reader seeks guidance on balancing Mother's Day with his mother in law and a separate visit for Father's Day. Ann suggests sharing time with the mother-in-law briefly, then visiting her own mother, and proposes a two-part compromise to harmony. The column then addresses a separate letter about Polaroid photos in marriage and a later inquiry about at‑home money offers, advising caution and BBB check.
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Dear Ann Landers
Better Business Bureau
Announced Flagship Critique Sparks Fly Over Standards
Ann confronts notice that her work fails to meet expectations as she learns a complaint has flagged quality issues and she feels misled by the process.
Heloise Advice on Leather Care and Handy Household Tips
Readers submit tips from fleshed out leather care to craft ideas and travel hacks. Heloise recommends paste wax for dark smooth leather purses and shoes, cautions about porous leathers, test patches, and highlights wax appearance. Also shares kid art on bags, car travel storage, old earring reuse, fridge cleaning tips, frosting rescue, mail slot anecdote, and column note on response limits.
Four Age Groups In Jokey Life Gags
A humorous piece outlines four age bands from 15 to death minus two minutes and riffs on aging. It mixes quips about looks, memory, and daily quirks, with a friend noting how age defines perception and vanity.
Declarer errs by chasing spades in pivotal bridge hand
In a 3NT contract South wins diamond lead and guards against East four to jack, cashes ace of spades then loses to queen of hearts. South could have made nine tricks with a different spade plan and two dummy entries, instead focusing on the contract and assuming 3-2 spade break.
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