THE CITIZEN JUNE 8 - 14, 1986
Eri'k W�shington
Dear Erik,
T enty year ago I graduated
from high school. Last eek I
received an invitation to my
high school reunion. I have had
. children since I left school
and two husbands and God only
knows ho many boyfriend.
I or in grade school cafe-
teri and I work hard to take
care of my family and me.
Some of the people that I went
to school ith went on to be­
come doctor I wyer , teachers
and well to-do people. I want to
o b ck and my old friend
but I feel ashamed of my If
bee u I don't have fine home
or car like mo t of them. y
family y I should go but I
don't kno hat I ould do.
.A.,
Los An ele California
Dear Erik,
I recently met a man. We
em to really like e ch other
very much hen we fir t met,
The flr date was ju heaven!
When I ggested that we get
together again, he was all for it.
He said that he ould call me in
two days. He didn't. So I called
him and he was very happy to
hear from me. We m de plan
to have dinner that night and he
never showed up. I aited for
almost two hours and then I
just went to bed. When I called
him the next day to find out
wh t h d happened to him (I
as very concerned), he wa too
busy to talk with me. He id
to call him bac later in the
evening. When I did reach him
he as too tired to talk and . d
that he would call me the next
day. He never did. I don't
know what to do no but I
no that he likes me.
P.F.,
ew Yor ew York
thin to do . to
hi . If b . at all
ill
E
Dear Erik,
y hu shand is changing
careers again. D ring u
year marria8e he has had five
different careers or job. He
has failed in everything that he
ever tte pted to do. Last year
he only made $750 before taxes.
I have always paid all of the bill
becau I loved him. Four
month go he was on a game
show on television. He won over
13 thousand dollars. When his
eck arrived, he told me that
he was leaving and that he
anted divorce. That wa two
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days 0 and now he's gone.
I feel very b d because he took
another woman with him. Well
he's gone and I don't kno how
to get him bac . And I do want
him back in my life.
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"V" in,
Chicagi, Ill.
De. "V",
Try to give yo If and your
hu d me time to tho
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COPING
by Dr. Charla W. Faulkner
,
A Letter From an Angry Reader
"Dear Mrs. D.:
An unfortunat thing about
our society is that the real
world is imperfect. Many of us
would like to clo our eyes and
have the unpleasantness dis­
appear. It just doesn't happen
that way and the newspaper
is one of the means of letting
us know what to expect when
we step out of our front door.
Fortunately, we live in a
near-democracy in which we
can be exposed to the truth.
Some other societie control'
manage and restrict the news
o that you are expo d only
to those ideas that the govern­
ment wants you aware of.
Thi is propaganda that leads
to thorough brainwashing.
Our society allows exposure
to a wide range of ideas and
information, This i the stuff
of which learning is composed.
This allows the mind to expand
and allows you to participate
in the selection of govern­
mental repre ntatives who have
your interest at heart.
Do I accept and adhere to
every point of view that i
expre d by someone else, and
appears in my column? May
I answer the question by a . g
one? Would you po the same
question to any net ork new -
caster that you presented to me?
Examine your. television new­
casts. Do you think the anchor
per nally accepts everything
that is read on the news? It is
doubtful. The news is too
varied for one person to believe
everything.
Can you guess ho many
men actually believe that a
woman's only real value is in
bed? I can only suggest that
you examine the statistics to
find how many unmarried
Home of the Blues
women with children exi in
our ciety. This is a major
problem. The best way to con­
front this issue is to 'try to
improve our society rather than
-to brush the untidy elements
under the rug of our mind .
C e is currently deb ting
a bi that if passed, would
establish a coding system for
record albums. The c ding
system would provide some idea
of the degree of x, violence
and vulgarity that is implicit
on record albums. Would you
demand the same thing for
newspapers?
If J do not write the realities
of our society, they will be
found out about at school,
wor , church or at play. This
column belongs to you it is not
a vehicle for the expression
solely of my point of vie .
That's why your letter appears
here today.
Plea continue to read and
re pond to this column. In i­
dentally, I think women are as
valuable as men to the dev -
lopment and perpetuation of our
society.
Write to Dr. Faulkner at
P.O. Box 50016, Washington,
DC 20004.
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