Dear Abby: Am I incorrect for leaving my bodily remedy heart when my therapist doesn’t hearken to me?

DEAR ABBY: I’m receiving bodily remedy at a middle with an enormous TV on the wall. It is on the complete time, taking part in stuff like sports activities and residential enchancment exhibits. I discover it tedious, disturbing and distracting. 

Importantly, as a result of my declining listening to, the TV makes it obscure the younger bodily therapist I’m working with. I’ve informed her a number of occasions now that due to the background noise, I would like her to face me, not the TV, so I can hear her. She tends to overlook this reality. I’ve even requested about taking part in music as an alternative of the TV, to no avail. 

I’d go some place else, however that is the one place my insurance coverage pays for. I dread going there due to this. Am I incorrect to need a quiet setting through which to heal? — PEACEFUL IN FLORIDA

DEAR PEACEFUL: You usually are not incorrect. Your bodily therapist seems to have a listening drawback. Rather than proceed to complain to this worker, speak to the supervisor of the remedy heart and clarify the issue.

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DEAR ABBY: One 12 months in the past, I satisfied my daughter (64) to maneuver right here to Florida to be nearer to me. I purchased her a small cell dwelling to reside in, and I don’t cost her any hire. Before she moved down right here from Minnesota, she agreed to pay the lot hire and her personal utilities.

Recently, she met a person and fell in love. She has been single and self-supporting for greater than 20 years, however she says she’s lonely and desires somebody to speak to when she will get dwelling from work. She thinks this man suits the invoice. He is 60 and doesn’t have a job, a automobile or a spot to reside. He has been staying with a buddy for the complete two months she has identified him. He has given her an engagement ring after two months, they usually plan on marrying later this 12 months.

My daughter requested me if I’m blissful for her. When I informed her if she is lonesome when she comes dwelling from work, she ought to contemplate getting a pet, she laughed. I don’t assume two months is lengthy sufficient. In my opinion, her fiance ought to not less than have a job — and a automobile could be good so she wouldn’t must take the bus to work every single day. What ought to I inform her if she asks me if she ought to marry him? — CONCERNED MOM

DEAR CONCERNED MOM: She gained’t ask, as a result of she is aware of she gained’t like the reply. However, if she does, give your trustworthy opinion — and inform her that I share it. A authorized union with this man who has nothing could be silly and self-destructive. Instead of planning a marriage, his time and power could be higher spent in search of work.

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DEAR ABBY: This might look like a foolish query, however when filling out paperwork that asks if I’m married, divorced or widowed, I’m undecided what to place down. I used to be divorced, however then he died. Does it matter which reply I select? — BEFUDDLED IN INDIANA

DEAR BEFUDDLED: This just isn’t a foolish query. It is one I’ve been requested earlier than. The right reply is that you’re divorced. If your ex-husband remarried after your divorce, the girl he married is his widow.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren. For practically 4 a long time, Jeanne Phillips penned this column, which was based in 1956 by her mom, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at or P.O. Box 270135, Kansas City, MO 64127.