Dear Abby,

1) A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a social worker in her mid-twenties. These two women go everywhere together and I’ve never seen a man go into or leave their apartment. Do you think they could be Lebanese?

 2) I have a man I can’t trust. He cheats so much, I’m not even sure the baby I’m carrying is his.

3) I am a twenty-three year old liberated woman who has been on the pill for two years. It’s getting expensive and I think my boyfriend should share half the cost, but I don’t know him well enough to discuss money with him.

 Excerpts from The Best of Dear Abby, 1981