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IWI TON OUTLOOK Saturday March IMS op Lifestyle DRGOTT Peter D Be honest about condoms By Peter H Ma DEAR I m female and sexually active With all the infer mat ion about AIDS herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases I like my sex partner to use a condom Can you suggest a tactful way to ask a man to use a condom without sound like I accusing him or me of being diseased DEAR READER Your is a common one that many women would like to ask Each situation must be individualized For my part I be lieve that honesty is the best Although you might want to alter the phrasing to suit your person needs address the issue simply and directly- for example Look I care for you a lot and would like to have sex with you At this point in our relationship I would feel more com for table being sure about protection so I would like you to use a condom My preference does not on you as a person Its just that I also care deeply about my health and I want to make sure that I can avoid potential problems I believe that most tlvc partners would respond positive to this statement To give you more information I m sending you a free copy of my Health Report CONTRACEPTfON AN UP Other readers who would like a copy should send and their name and address Box Clevc land OH Be sure to men tlon the title DEAR a year old woman and am experiencing bleeding from the nipple Should go to the doctor DEAR READER By all means At any age bleeding from the nipple can be the first sign of serious disorder such as breast cancer You need a thorough breast examination and In my opinion a mammogram DEAR Our dog has hookworm Is there any reason for us to be concerned about our own health DEAR READER Yes Hookworm larvae Immature forms of the par survive in soil and can penc unbroken skin to cause infection in humans You should avoid Walking outdoors in bare feet have your dog wormed and consult your an about ways to avoid contracting hookworm DEAR DR That was an In t cresting column you had on the idea of electrodes being secretly placed in peoples brains Things made sense at last A person could be made uncon urinate defecate throw up cry Why it sounds Just like my 11 month old And here I thought he was just being a baby Thanks for the good laugh DEAR READER You re welcome Thank you for writing Do you have a gifted mind DEAR MEG She uncovers affair 18 years later By Meg DEAR MEG While cleaning out our attic I got the shock of my life I found out my husband had an at fair IS years ago at a time when I needed him most It was while our son served in Vietnam which was the worst year of my life Yet Tim was spending his time with another woman I found the evidence a picture of the tramp and one of her children a Christmas card from her and an 18 page love letter The letter said how beautiful love is with you The let also made it clear she was a mar woman with three children Yet this tramp was sleeping with my husband 1 been married to Tim for years but I hurt and angry that I could kill him How can I ever trust him again SKELETON COLUMBUS OHIO DEAR of working yourself Into a murderous rage about something that happened 18 years ago it would be more useful to exam your year marriage more closely If you two had been communicating properly and were in Intimate touch with each others needs at the time it would have been hard ble for your husband to have been conducting a relationship with this woman without It affecting you Could you have been so wound up in your own worry about your son that you failed to notice Tim suffering Perhaps he found temporary solace In the arms of another woman because you I there lor him only way you can rebuild trust Is to have It out with Tim and take It from there slowly and patiently ft better to give the year old a decent burial than to kill a 3D year old marriaRc DEAR MEG To set the record straight In your answer to you called the chronic cheat husband a man with the morals a coyote If you check the facts you find that most wild dogs wolves and coyotes male for life Please think twice before comparing an Immoral member of the human family with a moral creature of the noble animal family CHECKMATE CENTER VILLE SD DEAR CHECKMATE Far be it from me to malign that wild canine which gives South Dakota its nick name the Coyote State But every farmer I vencard from still calls em varmints POLLYS POINTERS Popcorn balls are a caramel treat DEAR POLLY I have recipes or kinds of flavored popcorn balls hut I find one for caramel popcorn halls Do you have a recipe for them R basic recipe The Joy of Cooking by Rom bauer and Becker Merrill 1975 edition will produce classic but lasting caramel flavored pop corn balls The mixture also can be packed Into two piece cake molds to such popcorn treats as lambs bunnies and more To make the syrup melt 1W table spoons butler Add cups brown sugar and tablespoons waler Stir until sugar is dissolved Bring lo a boil Cover and cook lor about three minutes until the steam bus washed down the sides or the pan Uncover and cook without stirring to a tern of on candy her mora the soft ball stage Remove from beat and pour over cups popped corn Stir gently with a wood to spoon until the popcorn well coated When the corn is Just cool enough handle lightly buttered fingers but quite warm press It into balls Yon may have to re form balls a couple of limes as cool Eventually the balls will Hick together Let them sit out until cool and dry Tbe tame mixture may be allowed to cool spread out In a pan then bro ken Into pieces to eat as loose cam me I corn Roasted peanuts may be mixed Into the mixture as well One precaution Before mixing the syrup Into the popcorn slit through pop corn carefully remove any hard kernels kernels can be real tooih breakers when hidden in a pop corn ball I hope your family and friends en joy ibe treat POLLY Gourmet chocolates are delicious at a pound Make your own Ilcioui candles at a fraction the price with Polly easy recipes Id her newsletter Handmade Chocolates Youll create truffles in four flavors chocolate coated caramels marsh mallows and more Send for each copy POLLY S POINTERS In care of Ibis PO Box Cleveland OH Be sure lo Include the title DEAR Lin wool gar menls marked bind v ash or maehine washable bo dry 1 DEAR I 1 ENA All may be cleaned professionally How ever when are washable you II save quite a of money doing It yourself Just louse a very mild detergent lukewarm water and a touch Air dry woolens and woven fabrics on padded hangers and garments lying Hat to retain shape size and lexlurc Im sending you a copy my news letter Tbe Care and Cleaning of Woolens which for hand washing machine washing and daily maintenance for woolens This Issue alio Includes tips lor sewing wool fabric how press wool garments and bow to store woolens so they last for mail years Others who would like a copy of Ibis Issue should send for copy to POLLY S POINTERS In care this newspaper PO Box land Oil 14101 Be sure to In elude the title POLL DEAR POLLY Don throw away worn out plistic colanders when you rephco hem They make bitter bigger sandbox sifters than the ones in the toy department When you find eggs stuck to the car ton they ire packed in dribble water over the sticky eggs stand five minutes or until loosen Then transferal the eggs ton dean When I run out brown sugar when baking I mix sugar with two tablespoons sulphured molasses I then the needed brown sugar Two arc than one when you re trying lo light a match in the wind Hold two matches close lo so that whin one the heads flares it Ignites the other The two then feed on each other while you light the kindling BOBBIE Scratch he surface of a highly and you probably find a up jilted Contrary the popular idea ihc kids in schools can cope lor them tins micllcetually children often difficulties in making social and to heir lies Nut a few up feeling as if their gift is instead J curse Fortunately organization not only ruoiiitcs his but provides j home base fur the is the which mote 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