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Nov. 3, 2009
DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION BETWEEN PARENTS, CHILDREN WIN PRAISE
DEAR ABBY: Thank you for your response to "Alarmed in Apple
Valley" (Aug. 28), who was concerned because her teenage
nephew shows so much affection toward his mother. I raised
a very affectionate son who, to this day at age 30, hugs and
kisses me no matter where we meet. I raised him with the
principle that because he is male does not mean he has to
hide his feelings as generations before him did. My daughter-
in-law tells me often that she could not ask for a better
husband and father to her children.
Americans coddle girls when they hurt, but a boy is supposed
to "take it like a man" and not express his feelings. I am
pleased to know other mothers out there are also raising
their sons to be well-rounded, emotionally healthy men.
-- PROUD MOM OF A NAVY SON
DEAR PROUD MOM: I advised the "Alarmed" aunt that she was off
base in her concerns, and the majority of readers who wrote
to comment agreed. Read on:
DEAR ABBY: Have we become so cynical in this day and age that
genuine affection is looked upon as dirty and unsavory? How
sad!
My 22-year-old daughter hangs on me and smooches me (and her
father and grandparents) in public. It's a great feeling for
parents to know their kid loves them and isn't embarrassed to
be seen with them. (Too many of them are.) The aunt who com-
plained about her nephew kissing his mother on the cheek and
putting his arm around her may have intimacy problems that
she's projecting onto her sister.
-- LESLIE IN SELMA, CALIF.
DEAR ABBY: I hope "Alarmed in Apple Valley" doesn't end up
doing what my sister did when she saw the display of affec-
tion between my 11-year-old daughter and me, her dad. My
sister's "concern" prompted her to coerce her adult son into
visiting my clergyperson about it. A short investigation
found me innocent of wrongdoing but left me with my innocence
violated. Relationships were drastically altered -- espec-
ially between my sister and me. Eventually, I came to realize
why she was so suspicious of abuse. She herself was willing
to abuse -- the church, her son, her brother and her niece.
-- WISER NOW IN SALT LAKE CITY
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DEAR ABBY: I was never prouder of my son than when a friend
of his said to him, "You hug your mom in public?" (It was
after a game.) I was the one to hold back in public because
I didn't want to embarrass my son who was a "big guy on cam-
pus." My boy's simple reply to his friend was, "Don't you?"
It was never questioned again.
No child should ever feel it's wrong to show affection to
his or her parents. For me, having a 15-year-old who wasn't
embarrassed to be seen with his mother was huge. I agree
with you, Abby. Some people read evil into everything and
that's a shame.
-- KARIN IN CHELMSFORD, MASS.
DEAR ABBY: Your response to "Alarmed" included a French
saying that translates "Evil be he who thinks evil of it."
That saying originated in England, where the highest, most
ancient order of knighthood is the Order of the Garter.
Around 1340, King Edward III was dancing at a formal ball
with the Countess of Salisbury. During the dance, she dropped
her garter. The king picked it up, put it on his own leg,
looked at the others present and said, "Honi soit qui mal y
pense" (Shame on him who thinks evil of it), then gallantly
returned it to her.
Margaret Murray writes in her 1931 book "The God of the
Witches" that it would have taken more than a dropped garter
to embarrass a woman in the 14th century. The garter was
probably a ritual one, signifying that the countess was a
pagan leader -- a priestess of witchcraft. To drop the garter
before the high dignitaries of the church could certainly
have caused embarrassment. Edward's smart gesture in placing
it on his own leg not only saved face for the countess but
demonstrated his willingness to be a leader of the pagan pop-
ulation of England as well as the Christian. So I've heard ...
--MARK D. DUNN, GARLAND, TEXAS
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