Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Marriage hit skids when wife hit road Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 15:19:55 EST Message-ID: \SE B;METROPOLITAN;COMICS;DEAR ABBY \SS (WS) \HD Marriage hit skids when wife hit road \BY Abigail Van Buren \CR UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE DEAR ABBY: Your advice to "Jealous," the man whose wife travels for business reasons, was a bit naive. My wife and I were happily married until she took a job that required a significant amount of travel. She also told me about the "innocent" cocktail parties, dinners and the necessity of traveling with male colleagues for business reasons. I believed her. Eventually, she missed too many return flights, and I became suspicious. Abby, as more women gain equality in the workplace, you can be sure that they are enjoying the same extracurricular activities that men have enjoyed for years. I would advise "Jealous" to relax, be vigilant and make sure that when his wife is home, their time together is well spent. - SADDER BUT WISER IN ELMHURST, ILL. DEAR SADDER: It's regrettable that your traveling wife detoured from the straight and narrow, but do not assume that all businesswomen who travel "party" on the road, because the majority are either too faithful - or too tired - to frolic. DEAR ABBY: My fiance and I clean house together. One of us says that a person should dust first and vacuum second. The other insists a person should vacuum first and dust second. Is there a right way to clean house? If you dust first, the vacuum sweeper creates dust while you're vacuuming. If you vacuum first, you're putting dust on the floor from dusting the furniture, and leaving footprints on the carpet. I took a poll at work and found that 75 percent of the people dust first and the remaining 25 percent vacuum first. Now everyone at work wants to know if there is a proper - or more efficient - way to do the housecleaning . Thanks for any help you can give me. - CHRIS IN EL CAJON, CALIF. DEAR CHRIS: There is no right - or wrong - order when it comes to vacuuming and dusting. The last time I cleaned house, I believe I vacuumed last. (What a memory!) DEAR ABBY: I read in your column that "David Rubin of Staten Island, N.Y." received his One Gallon Club pin from his local blood bank. He said, "My peers are in awe, but it was easy." Not to minimize Mr. Rubin's generosity, but Milton Saylan of Palm Springs, Calif., has given a total of 18 gallons of blood to his local blood bank. He donates five times a year, which is as often as he is permitted to give blood. He says, "There's nothing to it." This could be some kind of record. - HUGH FRIEDMAN, PALM SPRINGS DEAR MR. FRIEDMAN: It could be. But if it isn't, I'm sure I will hear from a blood donor who topped Mr. Saylan. Readers? DEAR ABBY: I enjoyed and clipped your July 13 column, "Collection No. 2," about grammatical goofs and speech irritants. From here forward, I shall not confuse "momento" and "memento." However, in Spanish, it is "un momento," not "uno momento," which is literal but not correct. Well, one little error in a very good column isn't too bad. - MARY LOUISE GONZALEZ, WEST COVINA, CALIF. DEAR MARY LOUISE: Que embarazoso! I stand corrected. I am not about to argue with a Gonzalez over a Spanish expression. To get Abby's booklet "How to Write Letters for All Occasions," send a long, business-size, self-addressed envelope, plus check or money order for $3.95 ($4.50 in Canada) to: Dear Abby, Letter Booklet, PO Box 447, Mount Morris, Ill. 61054. (Postage is included.) This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM