Can’t know what happens behind nasty neighbour’s door

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This article was published 27/11/2019 (2489 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: Today, I woke up and my nasty old neighbour’s whole front yard is toilet-papered! I haven’t seen that trick in years. But it made me smile a wicked smile. I’m so happy to see my rotten neighbour get his petty little world messed up. He’s nasty to everyone — particularly the kids around here — yelling and screaming curses at them. Nobody can stand him.

My lady and I noted he made his wife go out and take all the toilet paper down — typical of him to make her do his dirty work.

The kids in the neighbourhood sent a message he couldn’t miss, and it’s time somebody said something to him about the way he growls and yells curses at those young people. What is the matter with a man like that? And why would his wife stay with him?

— Don’t Get It, West End

Dear Don’t Get It: We just can’t know what goes on behind the doors of most people in a big city. In country towns, people have a better idea of the histories of a family, which often explains behaviour in the present generation.

Perhaps this man is mentally ill and is hateful because he can’t help it. Will this neighbourhood humiliation teach him a lesson? Probably not, and one has to feel sorry for his wife, sent out to take all that toilet paper out of the trees and bushes.

Why does she stay with him? It’s impossible to guess. But he may have been congenial when she met and married him, and she either feels too sorry for him to leave, or she plays a kind of nursing role in the relationship, or she’s terrified to leave.

The best idea is to stay away from a person like this man and not antagonize him. His yelling and cursing could escalate to worse things. Speak to non-emergency police about the worries you have about this man and what’s going on in the neighbourhood.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My new husband is turned on by making love in hotels and motels. He’s not so much interested in sex at home, and we don’t even have any kids to interrupt! When I finally asked why, he said, “Same old, same old.”

So why doesn’t HE change things? I think he’d like me to make our sex life more interesting, and then he might deign to participate in sex with me with some enthusiasm. That should be his job! What do you suggest?

— Holding the Bag? Southdale

Dear Holding: You’re actually holding the key to what would excite your beloved — changes of location, not changes of women. So why not experiment?

Mariaggi’s Theme Suite Hotel in the Exchange District is decorated in themes from different countries, with hot tubs and steam baths.

You don’t have to lift a finger to inhabit a new world for both of you. Some people have been known to arrive blindfolded and be guided by their lover so they suddenly arrive in the new “country.”

Tallpine Lodges in West Hawk Lake offers totally private little cabins located in the beautiful snowy bushes by the lake, where you can sometimes see deer looking in your window.

It’s the log cabin feel with Jacuzzis, cross-country skis, movies, barbecues on the back porch — total privacy so you can make all the happy noises you want.

Back home in Winnipeg, the Canad Inns hotel on Pembina Highway offers theme suites, as do other major hotels in the city, so call around.

This turn-on of your husband’s could also mean lots of travel. In fact, you should get busy booking right now and consider hitting more than one hotel, motel and private hideaway while you’re visiting. Travel could be your hobby as a couple — though it can be expensive. No doubt your guy will be happy to finance more than 50 per cent, because this is mostly in honour of his desires!

You should also know there are lots of couples around town who book into hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts just for the fun of it. No doubt he’ll be quite willing to do that, too.

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.

Miss Lonelyhearts
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