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Issue 13; September 23, 2002 Ask Boomer Al is the fun newsletter of BoomerJournals.com. If you don't want to receive it, we don't want to send it to you. Unsubscribe info is located at the bottom of each issue. _.·´¯) Contents (¯`·._ 1) This week's questions 2) What's up with this? 3) Boomer HA! HA! 4) Remarks from the peanut gallery _.·´¯) Questions (¯`·._ ”Ask Boomer Al” Issue #13; September 23, 2002 Dear Boomer Al, You seem to give good advice so here goes. A dear friend and business associate of mine is a hard worker and his wife is always complaining that he didn’t make enough money so he started his own business on the side and is making much more money now. Now his wife wants a divorce because he’s never around! He’s crushed and she made him move out. I’d like to go tell her off! I think she has someone on the side. Should I get involved or mind my own business? Signed, Concerned Dear Concerned, How do I begin? Have you ever walked into a fun house at an amusement park and stood before one of these trick mirrors that distort your image? When you move a little either way the image changes as you move. I do believe this is what we have going on here. Nothing is as it appears I feel. The guy is obviously a weenie. I know you want to support him in this apparent injustice and the offending wife’s having a clandestine relationship would do just fine to add credibility to your claim. This doesn’t mean there isn’t one, but I doubt it. I feel the real issue has never been money but manhood. Women have little respect for a man who refuses to apply himself to his potential. A woman also loses respect for a man who has so little self respect that he runs his life according to her whims instead of providing leadership that today’s families desperately lack in so many ways. She challenged him to rise to the occasion and he failed. It was never about money. This does not absolve her of a failure to honor her marriage vows. The whole situation is froth with immature behavior and your interests are best served to suggest counseling and duck. Why would a man who has done nothing wrong leave home because his wife told him to? Because he really wants to maybe? What would you do? Al Dear Boomer Al, I have a girlfriend whose husband left her for a younger woman. She has two kids in their late teens. She is always down and depressed, even though it’s been a year since her divorce. I have tried to fix her up several times, but she is holding out hope that her ex-husband will tire of “Barbie” and come back to her. She’ll go on binges of eating and then starve herself to take off the weight. I feel she may be suicidal! Do you have any advice? Signed, Need Help Dear Need Help, Well I think it is obvious that your friend needs the help, not you. This is one of those times when I think you should get involved. Your friend took a terrible self-esteem blow when her husband left. Guessing by the age of her children this gal could be approaching a stage of life where women begin dealing with hormonal changes and challenges with weight and emotional upheaval. Add the unfortunate burden of an unfaithful husband, a time in her life where she may questioning her own appeal to the opposite sex, and the challenges associated with teenage children she indeed needs a loving and caring friend such as you. You’re a woman. Stop trying to tell her what to do and just make sure she knows your there for her if she wants to talk. Your friend would benefit from a support group and some counseling. Seek out the information for her and offer to accompany her to the sessions if it would help. She needs to learn that she can still have a happy life. She must learn that before she loses her children too. Despite her hopes, relationships very rarely re-ignite post divorce. The process of letting go can be very difficult for some. God bless you for being the caring friend that you are. Al _.·´¯)What's up with this?(¯`·._ Life has never been busier for most families. It seems to me that many families are just choosing to stay out of touch. Friends seem to allow small issues to ruin friendships of many years. Children move away and make minimum effort to stay in touch. What is wrong? Is our self absorbtion with our own misery so burdensome that we can’t keep in touch, or is it more complex? Is the pressure of keeping up financially breaking down people’s stamina and desire to associate with family and friends? I think many are flat out discouraged and afraid but too proud to speak up. Reach out. Who else will bother? Just my opinion. Don't like it? So tell me off at ... The Forum at Boomer Journals _.·´¯) Boomer HA! HA! (¯`·._ The choir soloist was practicing in the church with all the windows open. When she stepped out for a breath of fresh air, she noticed the gardener working in the flower bed. “How did you like my execution?” The soloist asked. The gardener looked up and said, “I’m in favor of it.” _.·´¯)Remarks from the peanut gallery (¯`·._ Hey Al, I read your new e-book on home business. Very well done. I think everyone should read it! Dave Thanks Dave. It will be on the site at Boomer Journals this week. Al Retire Now! Have fun. It's later than you think. Al Automotive tips on buying, leasing, repair rip-offs, automobile insurance reduction, and more! Read this page now _.·´¯) General Info (¯`·._ Ask Boomer Al is an opt-in ezine available by subscription only. We do not use or endorse the use of spam. Your e-mail address is safe, and will never distributed for reason. 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