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Issue 14; September 30, 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 #14; September 30, 2002 Dear Al, I work for a large company in a fairly big office setting with a few hundred people in the building. The company has strict rules about dating other employees. The problem is I’m attracted to a co-worker and I know she’s attracted to me. I’m thinking of asking her out. Can they legally do this? I’m also considering starting my own business on the side to make more money. It has nothing to do with my present employment but they have rules about that too! Thanks, Bewildered Dear Bewildered, I take it you’re bothered too? Sorry. Old song. Companies have been pulling this for years. Can they do it? Well it depends on several things. If you signed an agreement to abide by company rules when you came aboard they can. The thinking is pretty old fashion and doesn’t work but they seem to feel that it makes for better moral and security if personal relationships are kept to a minimum. The issue has been tested in court but usually not by lower income employees who are easier to intimidate and lack the budget to hire an attorney. You can’t legislate chemistry between people, but if you value a career at this company understand some middle management weasel will ultimately expose you. Your business ambitions tell me that you hope to be gone some day anyway. Have coffee with Ms. Chemistry and discuss the issue. You may find you’re reading things wrong with her. If you are indeed attracted to each other discuss the risks and decide accordingly. Based on what I read, perhaps it’s time for you to move on anyway. Your list is growing and confrontation is inevitable. It could hurt your marketability with a future employer should you be branded a rebel. Al Dear Boomer Al, I’m a 28 year old female who lives in Las Vegas. I’m happily married to a great guy and we’ve been together now for four years. My problem is I was a runaway teen (my step father abused me) and to make money, I’m ashamed to say, I slept with men for a short period. I haven’t told my husband about this but I feel guilty about not telling him. We are regular church goers and I feel even worse when I am in church about it. I’m afraid if I tell him I may lose him. Please help! Thank you, Undecided Dear Undecided, Yes you did the wrong thing, but you were young and foolish and were trying to survive in a dangerous world. All of us have assorted things in our past that we are happy are in the past. Most of those things are better left there. One issue is you have not matured enough in your faith to come to terms with God’s complete love for you and his forgiveness. You must forgive yourself and accept the fact that you can’t go back and change anything. Your feelings should be no different whether you are in church or at home. You have been carrying this guilt for too long now. You are no longer in that life except in your mind. You must stop tormenting yourself. You made a mistake and it’s over. It is true that some young men are possessive and jealous by nature and would struggle to accept such news, but I see no reason to put either of you through that pain at this point. Enjoy the blessings of your marriage and move on with your life. God has opened new doors for you so leave the old ones closed for the present. Stop discussing it with those close to you and seek professional counseling to deal with your guilt. Your repressed emotions and feelings are damaging to your self esteem and peace of mind which will in turn effect your parenting decisions and intimacy in your marriage. Perhaps after some professional guidance you may indeed choose to clear the air for yourself, but at least by then you would be stronger and more able to handle any potential issues that would arise from it. I wish you the best. Al _.·´¯)What's up with this?(¯`·._ I see where the good Senator from North Dakoda was ranting at the President for politicizing the issue with Iraq. Hello? Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black. I do feel the President could at times be more sensitive with his remarks, but he's a plain talker and I'll take that any day over some spin meister. How about all those empty court rooms because the Senate won't even have hearings to review presidential appointments to the bench. Oh I see ... that isn't political ... it's just designed to protect us from a swing to the right on the bench. Oh I see now ... I hope the voters see in November also. Just my opinion. Don't like it? So tell me off at ... The Forum at Boomer Journals _.·´¯) Boomer HA! HA! (¯`·._ Seated next to a blowhard at a United Nations dinner was an Oriental fellow dressed in the robes of his native country. The blowhard, attempting to make conversation leans over and says, "You likee soupee?" The oriental fellow nodded. "You likee steakee? The Oriental gentleman knodded again. As it turned out the Oriental fellow was the guest speaker for the evening. He proceeded to deliver a 50 minute address to the United Nations in perfect Oxford English. Upon returning to his seat, he leaned over to the blowhard and said "You likee speachee?" _.·´¯)Remarks from the peanut gallery (¯`·._ Hey Al, Thanks for the tip about Helen's web site. You're right. This is the simplest way to make money I have ever seen. Mike See Helen's Web Site Have fun. It's later than you think. 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