Dear Queenie,
The single lady who lives next door has the habit of asking my husband for help when something goes wrong like a leaky faucet or her car battery goes dead, and he always runs right over to fix the problem.
Queenie, am I being silly to wonder what else he might be doing for her (or with her)?—Suspicious wife
Dear Queenie,
A favorite lady friend of mine is suffering from what I call the Madame Butterfly syndrome. Living close to the shore, she believes that one fine day her lover will appear and sweep her off her feet. It is true that one day a Belgian shipwrecked sailor did make his desperate appearance at her homestead wearing little more than a microscopic speedo. But is that any motive to confuse idealism with fantasy?
I love this person very much, but how can I persuade her that life is not a bowl of roses and that romance is not the product of an over-imaginative brain? Even so, whereas one should not look desperately for love, love has a way of finding you!
Queenie, what do you think?—Puzzled and perplexed
Dear Queenie,
I’ve been dating the guy who was my sister’s boyfriend years ago when they were in high school. Now she is married to someone else but she is all mifted about us being together.
Queenie, what’s her problem?—Puzzled sister
Dear Queenie,
A favorite lady friend of mine is suffering from what I call the Madame Butterfly syndrome. Living close to the shore, she believes that one fine day her lover will appear and sweep her off her feet. It is true that one day a Belgian shipwrecked sailor did make his desperate appearance at her homestead wearing little more than a microscopic speedo. But is that any motive to confuse idealism with fantasy?
I love this person very much, but how can I persuade her that life is not a bowl of roses and that romance is not the product of an over-imaginative brain? Even so, whereas one should not look desperately for love, love has a way of finding you!
Queenie, what do you think?—Puzzled and perplexed
Dear Queenie,
I’ve been dating the guy who was my sister’s boyfriend years ago when they were in high school. Now she is married to someone else but she is all mifted about us being together.
Queenie, what’s her problem?—Puzzled sister
