Good riddance to lecherous pool mooch

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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My brother has a buddy who was coming over to our pool a lot — almost every day. I’m always there tanning, swimming and studying for my courses.

He openly studies my body. Two weeks ago, he stared directly at my boobs while talking to me. I pointed upwards, and said, “My eyes are up here!”

He laughed in my face, like I should have been cool about it. When the jerk left, I told my brother he had to make him stop! So, he did.

But now, my brother is mad, and says he lost a friend over me, because this guy hasn’t come around in two weeks. What should I do? — Younger Sister, Southdale

Dear Sister: Don’t do anything! You said what needed to be said, instead of suffering in silence.

If this guy doesn’t see your brother anymore, he wasn’t a real friend anyway. He should have apologized to your brother, but obviously he wasn’t classy enough.

No doubt he’s suddenly very busy looking for another friend’s pool to use.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: My letter is in response to No Trust Left. (That’s the mom at the lake whose teenagers got caught throwing rowdy drinking bashes in the city. —Miss L.)

Here’s how we handled the situation. My partner and I wished to go away for a long weekend with our youngest son and his buddy. It’d mean leaving three teenage boys at home alone — a potential disaster!

I told them if there was any trouble at all — even a whisper — the next time we left them alone, we’d hire a babysitter, and they’d pay for it! There was no trouble so far as we know, nor later when we took longer holidays. — J.K., Winnipeg

Dear J.K.: Glad to hear that worked for you and your well-behaved crew. But it’s not likely anybody would want to babysit No Trust Left’s three nearly grown kids.

They and their rowdy friends drank their parents bar dry, and a neighbour phoned their parents at the lake to report on them. Mom wrote me to see if it’d be safe to send them home again after their punishment.

The answer was no, and that they should keep the kids with them. Most teenagers aren’t “sorry” for partying, just sorry they got caught — and would just be more careful next time.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I was sitting in back of my house, reading a book, when my across-the-lane neighbour (and a few other people I know and like) came outside to have some drinks in her yard. They could see me across the lane but never invited me over.

At one point I waved at my neighbour and she waved back at me — still no invite! Finally, I went inside my house, but I felt hurt.

I’ve worked with some of these people on community projects. I felt left out, and didn’t know what to do. Any suggestions? — Obviously Excluded, West End

Dear Excluded: Crashing a party can be awkward, especially a small one, where you’d be too obvious. Whatever the reason for this party, the person who could have invited you — even at the last minute — but did not.

That’s when you should have gone into your house and called a close friend to get together for a visit — away from your place and the party you could hear.

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