Sexy neighbour woman a Halloween horror

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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: Halloween is coming and my husband is already lighting up the trees and getting out the mannequins. He is like a kid, and I love that about him. So does our new single neighbour on the block, apparently. She’s gorgeous, all done up every day and has no children. She walks her dog’s legs off, ogling my handsome husband. He starts work at night, while I work the afternoons.

She’s been stopping to talk to him every afternoon in the yard, my next-door neighbour whispered to me. Yesterday, I came home two hours early from work, pulled into the driveway and there she was, holding up the end of a string of orange lights for him as he climbed up the ladder. There were mixed drinks and pumpkin cupcakes on the steps. How sweet of her… not!

I walked over to her and said, “You’ve been over here a little too much lately! Hand me those lights — that’s my special job with my husband — and bye-bye for good.” My husband picked up what I said from his perch up the ladder and yelled down: “Get in the house!”

In the house, he bawled me out and called me a jealous (female dog). He yelled, “Now our new neighbour friend will never come back.” I smiled and said, “That’s your hot little friend, not mine, and she won’t be back or there will be huge trouble!” Now we’re not talking much, but she hasn’t been back.

— Who Is Right? West Fort Garry

Dear Who: This lady’s little “party” with your guy, with food and mixed drinks, was definitely over the line. She was flirting with your husband, not walking her doggie.

Look, you defended your territory and you’re not sorry. Own it and don’t apologize for it. But take a tip from it. He enjoyed having someone to hang out with and decorate and chit-chat. Maybe you could get out in the yard and have fun and let the neighbour woman see he’s loved and not alone.

Sharing activities is a type of bonding bio-glue. Too many couples practise “division of labour” to the point where they hardly see each other, even when they’re home from work together. Have fun with your man — and use it as an “in her face,” not as an apology to him. Then both of you can be happy.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I am crazy about my live-in man. He is the world to me. I work in a restaurant full of men — many of them waiters and bartenders — and he’s fine with that.

He often comes and sits in the bar, when I’m near to being off shift. At first, I thought he was looking over the female bartenders, but then I realized he was really interested and asking for details about the male waiters — and commenting on their looks.

Lately, he’s been hinting about a threesome and last night he asked me which of the waiters I was attracted to! I felt sick to my stomach. I can even guess who it is he has an eye on, from recent comments. Plus, this guy is bisexual and my guy knows about that from our general chat. Now it’s come back to haunt me.

I don’t want a bisexual husband. I’m rethinking our potential marriage, one which he says he wants. How far has he gone without my knowing, and how far does he want to go with the bisexual thing?

— Help! Quietly Freaking Out

Dear Quietly Freaking: It’s time to face your fears and ask him exactly what you’re wondering about. Go for the details. You must use a level voice, because raising your voice or shrieking at him will bury his truth.

Knowing the whole truth is a wise investment in your present and future happiness. If you can’t live a lifestyle that includes his fulfilling his bisexual desires, you should seriously rethink whether you want to marry and have children with him, which would get you more deeply entrenched.

Please send your questions and comments to lovecoach@hotmail.com or Miss Lonelyhearts c/o the Winnipeg Free Press, 1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R2X 3B6.

Maureen Scurfield
Advice columnist

Maureen Scurfield writes the Miss Lonelyhearts advice column.

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