Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\nSweetheart in California<\/p>\n
Dear Sweetheart: Unfortunately, romance scams like the one you have described are common. The scammer claims to be on an oil rig or in a war zone (but rotating home soon) or is otherwise unreachable in person. He may also have a motherless child he is not parenting on a daily basis because his wife is \u201cdead\u201d and the kid is in \u201cboarding school,\u201d so the target would not be responsible for child-rearing. (How convenient!) <\/p>\n
Predictably, an \u201cemergency\u201d arises, and the scammer asks the target to fork over hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of dollars \u201cfor a short time only.\u201d After the money is sent, poof! The scammer is gone, and the romance is over.<\/p>\n
My advice to you is not to be surprised to hear from her once the con has come to its conclusion.<\/p>\n
Dear Abby: My husband and I are in our 60s. When we are at home, just the two of us, he likes to wear just his underwear around the house, whether it\u2019s watching TV or eating dinner. I have accepted it all these years and never made an issue of it. <\/p>\n
When our granddaughter visited us at the age of 1, he wore shorts at my request but no shirt. She\u2019s now coming to stay with us at age 2\u00bd. Don\u2019t you think he should wear a shirt and shorts when she visits? He values your opinion.<\/p>\n
Mr. Informal\u2019s Wife<\/p>\n
Dear Mr. Informal\u2019s Wife: Since your husband values my opinion, please tell him I said that unless it\u2019s 95 degrees when your granddaughter visits, the appropriate thing to do would be to wear shorts and a shirt during your grandchild\u2019s visit. <\/p>\n
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