It Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You by Erma Bombeck
A humor essay recounts parental discipline, the infamous line about hurting the parent more, and family anecdotes. It parodies child behavior archetypes and the challenges of parenting.
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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1978
Page
32
A humor essay recounts parental discipline, the infamous line about hurting the parent more, and family anecdotes. It parodies child behavior archetypes and the challenges of parenting.
In a four player bridge problem, South finds a line to win by running all trumps after East returns clubs. West opens clubs and, despite an initial misstep, South ruffs and discards to cash diamonds and hearts for the make. The diagram shows South with K Q 7 3 2 and dummy with J 3 9 7, East with A Q 10 9, West with K J 6 2, and South to lead vulnerable both, North dealer.
A chaotic narrative threads through family mishaps and social friction with TMI memories and jokes. The speaker recalls a strict chastisement then shifts to a crossword style confession, with scattered clues and partial phrases about mood, discipline, and relationships.
Dear Readers discuss run resistant pantyhose and industry tactics. A reader urges better value while Ann Landers notes varied fits and that not all stockings are alike. A reader shares a personal conflict about a forbidden friendship, hinting at marital strain.
A reader asks whether to mix friends with business after betrayals between longtime couples. Ann Landers advises allowing children to stay social, meeting the friend during the day, and avoiding reconciliation for months to let time ease tensions. In a second note, a woman describes casual dating with a man who never spends, and Ann quips that such an arrangement suits a life of dating and hosting events.
Horoscope column dated Sunday January 8 1978 notes celestial guidance for Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer and others. It highlights renewed effort in love life for Pisces and improved career conditions for Aries with hints of new projects and joint venture luck.
A multi sign horoscope offers daily guidance across Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Pisces Taurus with cautions on productivity relationships finances and temptation to stray, noting repeated Leo Virgo Libra and Scorpio entries and a January 9, 1978 reference amid general predictive advisories.
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