OUR ADVICE FOR MISSING MR. TUCKER:

	A:	Dogs are not people. Get a new puppy and get on wi ...		59%
	B:	Wait! Give yourself time to mourn now or you'll re ...		14%
	C:	Are you crazy? Do you think you can be trusted wit ...		13%
	D:	Keep the Puppy Chow on hand and wait for a new dog ...		15%
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Dear Anyone,

I am 58, single, female, never married, never anythinged. My 34 year old divorced niece and her 14 year old daughter live with me in the house I own. The ex-husband (not the 14 year old's father) molested her and is doing time.

I am paying for the 14 year old to go to a private school, but she is kind of a dummy! She MSNs and moons about herself most of the time. Kind of a twit. Well, I was a twit at 14, too, but I hid it better. My parents had such a hard go of it moneywise that I super-excelled and never gave them a bad time, winning two scholarships to university and all that.

I genuinely love this kid, but she doesn't seem to like me very much. All her affection is for her mom. I'm just moneybags, who pays for her goodies and drives her places because her mother has never had a licence.

Am I wasting my time paying for private school for a quasi-dolt that never reads? Should I pay for her university education? Her mother could NEVER afford it, not on a shade above minimum wage. If I am wasting my time, perhaps I should just take early retirement that's been offered in a year and a half.

Crossroads

WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE?

	A:	You're giving so much that you've given up on yourself. Time to live for you for a change.
	B:	Take a look at the big picture. Two people are better off because of you. One day they will truly appreciate you.
	C:	Wait it out another year and see if things get better.

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