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  Date : 2012-05-15
Coupon clipper accused of littering while trying to share

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DEAR ABBY: I'm a coupon clipper. I save our household an average of $30 to $40 a week using them. Sometimes I have a great coupon we can't use, so I'll leave it at the store on top of the item it's for.
 
When I do, my husband accuses me of littering and merely creating trash for store employees to pick up. I think a stranger finding a valuable coupon for the item he or she wants is a kind way to "pay it forward." I'm selective about leaving them and only do it when the coupon offers significant savings.
 
What are your thoughts? AM I being a litterbug? -- CHICAGO CLIPPER
 
DEAR CLIPPER: Of course you're not being a litterbug. You're being generous, and I'm sure many -- if not all -- of the coupons you leave have been put to good use.
 
Since you asked for my thoughts, I'll share one: You have a critical husband who is faulting you rather than complimenting you on your generosity. Shame on him.

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DEAR ABBY: Five years ago, while substitute teaching, I met a man who was also a substitute teacher. We would often have lunch together in the school cafeteria. "Lou" told me he had been living with a woman, "Meg," for 12 years, but that she had begun developing Alzheimer's disease. Her sons planned on moving them into an assisted living facility.
              
Several months ago, Lou called and asked to take me to lunch. At lunch he said he is still living with Meg, but plans to move into a place of his own soon. He said he'd like to start seeing me on a regular basis. He gave me his home phone number, but said that if Meg answers, I should tell her it's the school calling him about a job.
              
I told him I'm not interested in seeing him until he is actually living on his own, but he keeps calling to get me to change my mind. My children and my friends tell me it would not be wrong to start seeing Lou because he's no longer actively involved with the woman. What's the right thing to do? -- LOOKING FOR ANSWERS IN FLORIDA
 
DEAR LOOKING FOR ANSWERS: That you would have second thoughts about becoming involved with a man who asks you to lie to the woman he's been living with for 17 years shows a lot about your character. That he would ask you to do otherwise speaks not very flatteringly about his.
              
You appear to be someone with high standards and dignity. If you prefer to wait until Meg and Lou are no longer living together, I respect that. And if his interest in you is serious, he will respect it, too.

 
* litter (¾²·¹±â µîÀ») ¹ö¸®´Ù (=to drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it)

* selective Á¶½ÉÇØ¼­ °í¸£´Â, ¼±ÅÃÀûÀÎ (= choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting)

* litterbug ÈÞÁö¡¤¾²·¹±â¸¦ ¹ö¸®´Â »ç¶÷ (=A person who tends to drop litter and not clean it up)

* fault ÈìÀ» Àâ´Ù (=to criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone)

* see (¾ÖÀÎÀ¸·Î) ¸¸³ª´Ù, º¸´Ù (=to date frequently)

* be involved with ~¿Í »ç¶ûÀ» ÇÏ´Ù (=to have an affair with someone)
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