DEAR ABBY: With online dating becoming popular with older people, I have a question.
Most of us who were married for a number of years and had a good mate learned a lot about how to make life exciting and are experienced about sex. When we meet someone online and start to become involved, how and when would it be the right time to bring up the subject of sex?
For those of us in our later years, sex is usually different than when we were 35. Then there’s the subject of STDs. Can we bring that up? In rural and small towns, older women, unlike younger women, are shy about talking about sex. When we start to get serious with someone, shouldn’t we find out what they are willing to do and what they won’t? — LOOKING AHEAD IN NORTH CAROLINA
DEAR LOOKING AHEAD: Your letter will be of interest to anyone who has been out of the dating scene for a long time. The subject of sex should be addressed once you are comfortable with a person and there is a mutual attraction. Both people’s sexual histories should be talked about before you “do the deed.” (If you can’t talk about it, then you shouldn’t do it.) When it does happen, insist that protection is used.
Too often people assume that because there’s snow on the roof that there isn’t fire in the furnace. News flash: Older folks can and do have active sex lives. So if you’re going to “play,” be prudent. Some seniors have been shocked to learn they were infected with an STD because they assumed their partner was safe.
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DEAR ABBY: I have a friend whose 11-year-old grandson stays overnight with her sometimes on the weekends. She has only one bedroom, and I’m concerned because he still sleeps with her in the same bed.
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I have mentioned it to her many times, and she says there is nothing wrong with it. I even purchased a nice air mattress, very easy to inflate, which she accepted but doesn’t use. I’m upset by this situation. I know she sometimes sleeps in revealing night clothes, although I don’t know if she does when her grandson is there.
I find this sick and twisted. I am counting on you to set my friend straight and save this young boy from future turmoil. — PROTECTIVE IN WASHINGTON
Dear Abby,
Got a problem.
I’m a decent, underpaid, hardworking county coroner. It’s important that my family eat meat at least three times a week. But we just can’t afford to with the prices the way they are. So I bring home some choice cuts from my autopsy subjects. Just mix in the tuna helper and ta-da.
The whole family thinks my new meals are delicious. They ask me what’s your secret? Abby, I think they’re getting suspicious. My smart-ass eight year old keeps asking, where’s all the meat? The red dye number two kind that’s kept in the fridge.
If they find out the truth I don’t think they’ll understand.
Abby, what do I tell my family?
Dear Reaganomics Victim,
Consult your clergyman. Make sure the body’s blessed and everything should be just fine. Just fine.
Dear Abby,
I slept naked in bed with my grandma and grandpa until I was 38 years old.
I was wondering if I tried to cash in some Missouri beer cans in Iowa and I got caught, would I have to pay my penalty in Iowa or Missouri?
Sign me,
In Between.
Dear Abby,
I forgot to tell you that I have addresses in Unionville, Ia and in Unionville, Mo.
My grandma’s name is Pearl. My grandpa’s name used to be Beverly but he got married and now he’s known as Mrs. X.
Sign me,
2 Zipcodes.