Arkansas State press., 1942-10-23

] need advice. the bold kind Of ad-
vice that you alone can give, ! am
married and didn't want 10, but
in my condition ! got married. /
didn't have a job and this was the
only way out. Do have reason
to be jealous of my husband? My
life is just in muddle,
Ans: You can't blame your hgs-
band for your dissatisfaction. He
didn't force you to marry him.
You led him TO believe that you
loved him. rather than that he
was mesl ticket, Immediately
after the knot was tied, you took
off the mask and started throw
ing up to him that you only con-
slider him as board and lodging,
Can you blame him for giving you
reasons to be jealous? Attic he
does not go with ycur sister-in-
law or airy other woman, he is try
ing to make you open your eyes
and show you that you are falling
down on the VOWS you made when
you said 81 do, You don't real
ize what a good husband you have,
and it would certainly be to your
advantage to wake yourself up to
the fact.
!. Y. My husband is working in
defense factory down in Ala.
He Is a skilled worker and is max
ing good. He thought when he
left that the children and |, could
follow him later. But he can't
find any place for us to stay.
Should we continue on here or in
sist that he return?
Ans. You can't afford to ask
him to give up government Job.
He is needed there and you will
just have to forget your own per-
sonal desires in an emergency of
this sort Everyone will be call
ed upon to make sacrifices in this
war ard if your sacrifice is
temporary separation from your
husband, you must take it in your
stride, BY no means insist that he
give up this job.
X. T. We had planned to marry
this month until the other night
he saw me look at another boy
real hard and he hit me. He hits
me too quick all the time for moth
ing. We've been counting q long
time. Should we marry?
Ans: Your boy friend owns and
operates nasty temper now &c.
but after he marries, he will be
like bull in a china shop To live
with man of this type, would
be nothing short Of a blitzkrcig.
You are living in such a state If
emotional upheaval trying to keep
this kot-tempered spitfire paci-
Fel thsl you are entirely ever
looking the appeal that other boys
may have. In fact, the fellow
you fought over is a desirable
catch.
c. J. Please tell me whether |
should continue to keep company
with this boy. ! take him for my
best boy friend, but he gets angry
when | don't do what he wants me
to do. everybody says | an the
incest girl around here and ! don't
want TO do anything that isn't
right. Tell me what to do.
Ans. This boy has the reputation
of weakening girls resistance and
If you value your good name you
had better drop him from your
list. The fact that he il so per-
sistent doesn't mean that he is in
love with you. but merely that
he wants to accomplish one desire.
Then it will be off with the old
and on with the new. Make sure
that YOU give him up.
U. R. My probelm may he I'M
usual, but it means the difference
between what we think will be
happiness for us or loneliness. We
had twin daughters and Just this
past summer they were married to
two fine, upright soldiers in the
army. They have made their
homes in distant cities. We have
always built our lives around these
girls and now that they are gone
we hardly know how to adjust our
selves. has been desire Of my
husbands all these years to have
boy but we were not blessed
He has insisted for the past few
weeks that we adopt a son as we
are financially able to assume this
responsibility. Do you think we
are too old?
Ans. | think you have hit upon
a wonderful plan to fill this gan
that your daughters marriages LEFT
Not only would adopting a child
afford you and yotr husband a
great deal of pleasure, but Il
would be wonderfully generous Of
you and would offer some homeless
Nrrgsters q normal home life You
In your forties and you could