DEAR ABBY: A superb friend and neighbor sold a Taylor Swift ticket to my 15-year-old daughter for $900. I should mention, my daughter would have given her right arm for the prospect to go to the show. The unique ticket was purchased for $300, including fees. Initially, my friend desired to sell it for $1,000, but she offered a “discount” because my daughter’s sixteenth birthday was coming up.
I can appreciate the worth of the most popular ticket on the town and that it comes with an inflated price tag. Nonetheless, from my perspective, it was merely a transaction meant for my friend to make a handsome profit off of my kid. I’m extremely dissatisfied at the worth gouging, and now I believe of the girl in another way. I actually have been avoiding her because she is going to likely change into defensive. Am I unsuitable in considering her actions weren’t that of a great friend in any case? — FEELING SWINDLED IN THE WEST
DEAR FEELING SWINDLED: Because your neighbor sold the ticket to your daughter at 3 times what she paid for it, I might must agree; she acted more like a ticket broker than a great friend. I see no reason why it’s best to cut her off completely, but now she’s a shark in terms of “business,” so keep your eyes open. On the upside, your daughter got to live her dream that night, and most of the fans who saw Taylor Swift in motion have said it was the most effective show of their lives.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a cross-dresser who’s capable of enjoy wearing women’s clothes in private at home. With Halloween across the corner, I would like nothing greater than to be fully dressed as a lady and go outside to experience the way it feels. I would like to wear a pleasant dress, high heels, pantyhose, wig, makeup, etc.
My wife knows I enjoy dressing up and tolerates it. But she’s unwilling to let me express myself out of the home or help me with the method. How can I get her to assist me get dolled up and experience being a lady for one night? I feel so deprived not having the ability to be who I would like to be. — DRESSED AND READY
DEAR DRESSED: Halloween is the one night of the 12 months when many individuals, yourself included, can determine to decorate up and change into who they are surely (or would really like to be). Because your wife won’t assist you, consider visiting a makeup counter and asking one in every of the salespeople to assist along with your makeup that night. And, if nothing in your closet suits the true you, rent or buy an outfit for the occasion. You don’t want anyone’s “permission.”
DEAR ABBY: What’s the most effective solution to tell your siblings you think that it’s time to stop exchanging Christmas gifts? We’re all in our 60s, and, frankly, I don’t feel they’re ever very enthused about what we get them. It just looks as if it’s time, anyway. — DONE IN NEW YORK
DEAR DONE: The perfect solution to convey that message can be verbally, so you may explain that you just are all long gone childhood and feel a cheery Christmas greeting would suffice. And the most effective time to present them the news can be well before the Christmas holidays.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also generally known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DEAR ABBY: A superb friend and neighbor sold a Taylor Swift ticket to my 15-year-old daughter for $900. I should mention, my daughter would have given her right arm for the prospect to go to the show. The unique ticket was purchased for $300, including fees. Initially, my friend desired to sell it for $1,000, but she offered a “discount” because my daughter’s sixteenth birthday was coming up.
I can appreciate the worth of the most popular ticket on the town and that it comes with an inflated price tag. Nonetheless, from my perspective, it was merely a transaction meant for my friend to make a handsome profit off of my kid. I’m extremely dissatisfied at the worth gouging, and now I believe of the girl in another way. I actually have been avoiding her because she is going to likely change into defensive. Am I unsuitable in considering her actions weren’t that of a great friend in any case? — FEELING SWINDLED IN THE WEST
DEAR FEELING SWINDLED: Because your neighbor sold the ticket to your daughter at 3 times what she paid for it, I might must agree; she acted more like a ticket broker than a great friend. I see no reason why it’s best to cut her off completely, but now she’s a shark in terms of “business,” so keep your eyes open. On the upside, your daughter got to live her dream that night, and most of the fans who saw Taylor Swift in motion have said it was the most effective show of their lives.
DEAR ABBY: I’m a cross-dresser who’s capable of enjoy wearing women’s clothes in private at home. With Halloween across the corner, I would like nothing greater than to be fully dressed as a lady and go outside to experience the way it feels. I would like to wear a pleasant dress, high heels, pantyhose, wig, makeup, etc.
My wife knows I enjoy dressing up and tolerates it. But she’s unwilling to let me express myself out of the home or help me with the method. How can I get her to assist me get dolled up and experience being a lady for one night? I feel so deprived not having the ability to be who I would like to be. — DRESSED AND READY
DEAR DRESSED: Halloween is the one night of the 12 months when many individuals, yourself included, can determine to decorate up and change into who they are surely (or would really like to be). Because your wife won’t assist you, consider visiting a makeup counter and asking one in every of the salespeople to assist along with your makeup that night. And, if nothing in your closet suits the true you, rent or buy an outfit for the occasion. You don’t want anyone’s “permission.”
DEAR ABBY: What’s the most effective solution to tell your siblings you think that it’s time to stop exchanging Christmas gifts? We’re all in our 60s, and, frankly, I don’t feel they’re ever very enthused about what we get them. It just looks as if it’s time, anyway. — DONE IN NEW YORK
DEAR DONE: The perfect solution to convey that message can be verbally, so you may explain that you just are all long gone childhood and feel a cheery Christmas greeting would suffice. And the most effective time to present them the news can be well before the Christmas holidays.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also generally known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
