Dear Abby: I got this new shirt and now women won’t leave me alone
DEAR ABBY I m a single never-married man I was having trouble finding a nice woman to date so I bought a T-shirt from a dating website to show the women at the grocery and hardware stores that I m single and looking for a date Related Articles Dear Abby Their kids and the baby are ruining our bar time Dear Abby I realized what s triggering my migraines and now I have a new matter Dear Abby I was trying to focus on my chores and my wife blew up at me Dear Abby I want to make things right My children want nothing to do with me Dear Abby My husband secretly invited his new buddy to our house I now have a new issue women at the hardware store and grocery stores keep coming up to me asking about my shirt and trying to get a date with me I am grateful for it although I m having trouble deciding which one I want to go out with How do I tell the ones I am not interested in that I m busy or seeing someone else They don t want to take no for an answer FLOODED IN FLORIDA DEAR FLOODED Stop saying no so fast If you are looking for someone special you are going to have to do various sifting As you will discover dating is a process of trial and error You may find your taste in women will change if you experience a sparse of them or more P S I m sorry you didn t mention which website you bought that T-shirt from Do they also come in women s sizes DEAR ABBY My spouse and I are retired and on Social Measure We ve both worked hard all our lives and are content living a modest retirement Our house is paid for and we have little debt However we re both experiencing physical and mental decline I worry about our house We aren t able to clean and maintain it like we used to because of our physical limitations We used to have parties but we re embarrassed to have people over now which means we re kind of isolated We also worry that our Social Guard and Medicare benefits will be stripped away We rely on them to live We both paid into the system since age Shouldn t we expect to reap the benefits of paying into the system all these years We worry all the time about the future which seems so grim right now Even if we can survive the next insufficient years I m increasingly concerned about the disintegration of our home I am not sure where to turn Any ideas would be greatly appreciated WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE Related Articles Asking Eric Part of my family was snubbed Should I go to the party anyway Dear Abby Their kids and the baby are ruining our bar time Asking Eric How do I fix this neighbor matter without coming off as a Karen Harriette Cole My co-workers don t know this secret about our horrible boss Miss Manners Am I the only one who has this kind of restroom encounter DEAR WORRIED If there is a senior center in your public reach out and ask if there are any services that could assist you in finding reasonably priced help with your house As to your embarrassment about entertaining friends that concern may be needless If you want company invite friends over for afternoon tea a picnic or a barbecue outside if the weather permits Regarding your anxiety about Social Assurance you are far from alone in feeling worried Approximately million American seniors are worrying right along with you Every senior should be writing to their local politicians their state representatives congresspersons and senators reminding them that those benefits were paid for and if they are interfered with it could cost them the next electoral process Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren also known as Jeanne Phillips and was founded by her mother Pauline Phillips Contact Dear Abby at www DearAbby com or P O Box Los Angeles CA