Father-in-law wants to issue premarital warning
Dear Nature Boy: As a fellow northerner, I completely understand your motivation to roam in "the altogether" during the brief summer season.
However, would it kill you to wear a pair of loose boxer shorts?
I can imagine your wife's aversion to seeing you completely nude downstairs in the kitchen (for instance) during breakfast. And Naked Guy reading the newspaper on the couch is very different from enjoying Naked Guy in the shower.
I also think you should consider installing an outdoor shower. Whether or not your wife wants to join you, nothing feels more wonderful than bathing outside, especially under the stars on a warm and lovely Minnesota night.
Dear Amy: Responding to the question from "Fed-Up Daughter" who felt obligated to somehow love her racist father, thank you, thank you for this line: "He's your dad, and you're supposed to love him. You are his daughter, and he's supposed to love you."
My liberation was to finally break free from the obligation to love someone who was incapable of love.
-- Finally Free
Dear Free: I hear you.
(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)
