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Issue #48; June 9, 2003 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) Attitude Counts! _.·´¯) Questions (¯`·._ Ask Boomer Al Issue #48; June 9, 2003 Dear Al Your column is the first thing my family and I read every week. I’ve wanted to write in about this. I work for a small company of about 22 people. One 25 year old male smells very badly! People make fun of him behind his back. I’ve mentioned it to the boss and he just laughs about it. What would you do? Thanks. Rita Dear Rita I can tell you’ve never been to Europe or the eastern bloc countries. Smelling sweet is a basic creation of American free enterprise that continually looks for problems to solve for profit. People of modest or minimum means must often use resources for important issues like eating. Bathing was rarely done daily. An odiferous environment is not the custom in America. The most used quote is that “soap is cheap” so there is no reason for dirty people. I remember when I was young we had a local family who was like that. They even had green teeth. And you thought it was a myth. People who are like this generally live with other people who are like this so there is very little you can do about it except speak up on a coffee break or something, but it won’t change anything. We had a guy like that in my company in boot camp. We all paid the price so one night he got a GI shower. The problem went away. This one will too but on his schedule I fear. Bring surgical masks and flowers to work. Lilacs are pretty strong. Al Dear Boomer Al If my husband knew I was writing to you he’d kill me! He doesn’t read the paper so hopefully he won’t find out. We’ve been married for three years and are both in our late twenties. We used to be intimate about every day. Now it’s only once or twice a week if we’re lucky. I’m not ashamed to admit I miss it! I’ve tried to talk to him about it. He won’t and gets angry. This is no joke. I’m afraid he no longer finds me attractive. I’m in good shape and I still get plenty of looks from the guys. Help! Dear Help Are you a good cook? First, depending on how you raised the issue you probably threatened your husband’s masculinity just a touch, thus the reaction. There’s an ancient fable about a newly married couple putting a bean in a jar every time they were intimate for the first year of marriage. Starting the second year you reverse the process, taking a bean out for every intimacy. It usually takes years to remove the beans collected in the first year. It sounds like you guys smashed that myth! That means you’re quite the couple. There can be many reasons why your husband has slowed down and perhaps none have anything to do with you. Perhaps he’s depressed or has a stressful job. Maybe the guy is just too tired or just doesn’t feel like it for any apparent reason. Everyone is different. Perhaps you have not been communicating very well recently and he has issues. Regardless, if you feel it is hurting your relationship I suggest you seek some counseling. This issue will damage your relationship significantly if allowed to fester so deal with it now. Maybe a romantic escape weekend is all you need. Try it. I think expecting to be intimate seven days a week is probably expecting too much. I bet you’re a great looking gal and your husband loves you very much. Relax about it for a while and take the pressure off. This is one of the most difficult topics to discuss for most men so be patient. Don’t expect instant results from anything you do. Al Need to buy or sell a house ... check this out! _.·´¯)What's up with this?(¯`·._ How in the world can anybody get a fair trial in this country anymore? High profile cases are tried in the media and people make up their minds before even being selected for jury service. How would you feel if you were a defendant? Anyone can get arrested, get audited, be in an accident, go bankrupt, get sued. If you think it could never happen to you you're wrong! Civility is disappearing at an alarming rate. Do todays parents teach manners? Many don't. Kids running around creating disturbances in restaurants, people expecting services from people and never saying thank you, rude driving without consideration for the elderly or the safety of pedestrians, letting doors slam into people behind you, cell phones in meetings, what's up? I had a call yesterday from some lady who was irritated because no realtor would help her locate some land for a house. It was way after I should have gone home but I stayed behind making up a list, preparing a map, and writing out some suggestions and left the package for her at the front desk. She calls this morning with complaints about being able to find her special lot. No thanks for the effort. Even though I shouldn't be surprised or expect much these days I can't help it. I do expect more from people because I give it. When I was a kid I had to ask permission to go into the refridgerator. God forbid if my dad caught me giving food away to the kids in the neighborhood. We didn't have much and my dad worked very long hours. We were taught to respect the fruits of those efforts and him. Just because the food was there didn't mean we could eat it just because we were bored. We ate at meal times only. Most young people today are so spoiled they would actually think nothing of helping themselves in someone else's home and be amazed if someone had a problem with it. I guess it's about respect. People are clueless today. I talking adults. Now that summer is here we will see news reports almost every week about idiot adult behaviour at children's sporting events. It's about as stupid as it gets. One year in jail starting with the first offense would help. How about people who leave messages on their answering machines saying your call is important to them and they will get back to you but never do. Change your message to I have no intention of calling you back so you'll have to chase me around so I can blow you off live. I heard a message the other day, "If you don't know what to do I can't help you." Beep. I knew what to do. I hung up. I have enough idiots in my life. Some days we need to say it ... Now I feel better :) Just my opinion. Don't like it? So tell me off at ... The Forum at Boomer Journals _.·´¯) Boomer Ha Ha! (¯`·._ "To exercise is human. Not to is devine!" _.·´¯)Attitude Counts! (¯`·._ "Everthing comes to him who hustles while he waits." Thomas Edison Have fun. It's later than you think. Al Automotive tips on buying, leasing, repair rip-offs, automobile insurance reduction, and more! 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