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Reader sounds off on tourism

Dear Heloise: I asked you to remind readers of the environmental harms of tourism travel so that they might consider traveling less. You printed this letter in the Buffalo News, and in your response, you placed most of the blame on global warming and air pollution from fossil fuel companies rather than on tourism, implying that changing travelers’ behaviors is unimportant. Certainly, these companies bear the greater blame because, for decades, they misinformed citizens about the harms of their products (as tobacco producers argued against linking their products to respiratory ...

All’s fair in love and sports?

Dear Annie: One of my good female friends graduated from a rival college of mine. We love talking smack about who has a better football team. When her school loses games, I gloat. One time this year, I said her school had zero chance of winning against my school. I did this level of trash-talking for two months, practically daily. She said that if I was so confident, then I should put it on the line. I told her to name the stakes. She said if my school lost one game in particular, starting Jan. 1, I would have to post a new picture of myself on social media in a thong every day for a ...

Planting flowers as a remembrance

Dear Heloise: I’m loving all the ideas that you are receiving about flowers and funerals. I just wanted to give you another idea: A dear friend of my mother’s sent a planter of bulbs for my mother’s funeral this past February. The flowers were beautiful and bright at that time of year, and then I planted them out in our backyard. Every year for the past 15 years, these flowers have come up and multiplied. It’s a wonderful reminder of my mother and her dear friend. -- Lisa F., in Jacksonville, Illinois AVOIDING AN INJURY Dear Heloise: Thank you for the opportunity to write. ...

Deadbeat boyfriend must be cut off

Dear Annie: I have been with a man off and on for seven years. He is my best friend, and I can’t live without him. A few years ago, he stole my stimulus check of $1,200, and he brought other women home, claiming he was only doing business with them. He doesn’t have a job. I’m paying all the bills by myself, and I’m struggling. I have my own apartment and my own car and a job. He has nothing. My friends and everyone are telling me he is using me. I don’t know what to believe. How do I know if he is true to me or not? He hides his cellphone. He has his family paying for all his ...

Surviving cancer but still struggling

Dear Annie: I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago. I’ve been through surgery and radiation treatments. According to the oncologists, I should now consider myself a “survivor.” Since I have scars, I’m taking medication for the next 10 years that has potentially really bad side effects, and the chance of reoccurrence is a definite possibility, I don’t feel like a “survivor.” I readily admit that I’m depressed. I maintain that this is a perfectly reasonable reaction to something bad that has upended and changed my whole life for the foreseeable future. I’m ...