DEAR ABBY: I returned from an errand this morning, and my husband was across the street from our house wearing only a robe, naked underneath and talking to the wife of our neighbor.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: The bride uninvited me because of my service dogAdvice | Dear Abby: How do I teach a 7-year-old that she doesn’t need a man?Advice | Dear Abby: Can I set rules about what can be left at the gravesite?Advice | Dear Abby: I can’t put up with my siblings’ ridiculous boastsAdvice | Dear Abby: My wife survived her illness, and I am miserableI’m fuming because I feel it was totally disrespectful to me as well as inappropriate, and he should have dressed himself first. What do you think?— MORTIFIED IN ARKANSASDEAR MORTIFIED: I agree with you.
If your husband was hanging out across the street talking with your neighbor’s wife, he should have had on a pair of shorts underneath his robe.DEAR ABBY: While doing some house cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, “Decide to Forgive.
” I was struck by how timely it is.The message is much needed at this time. I believe in “doing unto others as you would have them do unto you.
” Please reprint the poem because, to me, it’s a treasure.— JOANNE IN DELAWAREDEAR JOANNE: I agree the poem is a treasure. It was written by a former assistant United Nations secretary-general who passed away in 2010 at the age of 87.
His words are .