Drunk holiday ends with nasty hangover

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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I’ve been in trouble since our holiday in Mexico, where I made a drunken mistake it seems I’m never going to be forgiven for.

My husband and I went with some other couples to a resort and we were having a great time drinking too much tequila and enjoying the sun and water. On the second night before coming home we all got pretty loaded. One man and I overdid it with the competitive shot drinking and needed to go back to our rooms to sleep it off. So, away we went and left our partners to party at the bar.

I had my room key, but he forgot his, so we stumbled into my room and kind of fell back on the bed watching a funny thing on TV. He had his arm slung around me and we fell asleep.

An hour later, my husband comes up to the room, opens the door and finds us both asleep in each other’s arms, fully clothed. Instead of waking us up like any normal person would do, he went into the washroom and filled an ice bucket with water and threw it on us! Then he went downstairs and got himself another room for the night. My friend’s wife showed up at my room and was furious, too, but she believes our story, as she had both room keys.

My husband came back the next morning, barely talking, and it was a silent airplane ride back to Canada. Things haven’t been good since we got home. How do we work this out?

— Unjustly Accused, Southdale

Dear Accused: Maybe it’s time the guy you fell asleep with, and his wife, came over and told your husband his side of the story again. When the four of you sit and talk, the absurdity of it might come out. It’s too bad you had your arms around the guy, but it’s too late now, and it’s not a huge crime.

What your husband did was scary, but understandable, to a degree. This is what excessive drinking can bring on — unfortunate, stupid behaviour. This is nothing to get divorced over and everybody except your friend’s wife needs to apologize and forget it.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: A while back I ran into a short man — quite literally — in the mall where we work and we fell down. I’m a tall woman, and very awkward in heels. He made a funny joke about it looking way up at my face and we both laughed.

The next day, I saw him again and we decided to go for coffee. We’ve been dating ever since. He likes it that I’m so tall and I’m OK with his being short because he has such a wonderful personality. And since l’m all legs, we fit together perfectly in bed, too. The only problem we have is people staring and whispering, even giggling. Is it wrong or funny for us to be together? Why are they having a problem with it?

— Not Our Problem, Tuxedo

Dear Problem: In this case there’s only one thing to do. You ask offenders bluntly, “What are you staring at?” then look at them for a long time, and embarrass them right back.

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