Family mansion now a house of horrors

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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My mother is old and lonely with a mean mouth and a high-pitched whine. As her only unmarried daughter I moved back into the family mansion ‘“for free,” and now she rides me about everything. She refuses to sell her big real estate and move into a fancy old folks’ home.

“Why should I go there to strangers, when I have this house and you to take care of me?” she says. She dismissed the cook/housekeeper the week I moved in and cooked us dinner.

Now my lazy, dope-smoking brother has also moved into the family mansion “for free” and he’s outside taking care of the grounds and flowers, stoned 24/7. In winter, he says he’ll shovel the snow.

There’s lots of expensive food and drinks here. There’s also TV screens (Mom’s addiction) everywhere. She never leaves the house now, and hates it when I go out. It’s feeling like a horror movie. I need to get out of here, but what if I leave and she dies, and it’s my fault?

— Going Crazy, Tuxedo

Dear Escape: Your brother has arrived, and Mom won’t be alone. Hooray! Paying work is your escape tunnel. It’s time you got a job — full-time or two part-time gigs to get you out in your own little place, introduce you to new people and feel sane again. If your mother hates having to cook and clean, she’ll hire staff. Your brother can take up some of the slack. She may kick you out the minute she hears you have plans to leave and work. So find your job(s) quietly and get a little bachelor apartment near work, so you can walk.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I thought I’d lost my sex drive over the years — but, as Arnie S. would say, “I’m back!” I didn’t want sex with my husband the past five years. But now this new guy started working with our company and it’s like my antenna went straight up when he walked in the department. My sexual motor started, and went straight into high gear.

He’s a bodybuilder and his muscles show through his clothes even though they’re very formal for his job — suits only — but his pants are close-fitting because he’s so muscular. I want him so bad! He stares at me too. Please help.

— Ready and Willing, Winnipeg

Dear Ready and Willing: Think before you hustle this hunk at work. Are you willing to lose your husband? Does this guy at work want you? Is it a no-no for staff to get together?

You’d be far better off to daydream about this guy, enjoy the new fire in your belly, and have an honest talk with your husband about your non-relationship.

At least get yourself free from the husband you don’t like and keep your motor running. That’s a great sign — new life is returning!

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