Dear Gabby

Welcome back to the Dear Gabby advice column. It’s October, generally a cool, pleasant month. And then there’s Halloween. Every year, I pretend to be the same thing--not at home. I stopped leaving my porch light on when Batman told me he could only accept no high fructose, gluten free, non-GMO, milk product-free, nut-free and locally sourced candy. When my kids were young, they took everything I said literally. I told them to “only eat the wrapped Halloween candy.” The next year, I had to add that they should unwrap it before eating it. Drop me a line to Dear Gabby at PostcardsLive.com. I hope you don’t have a scare in the world.

DEAR GABBY

I’m seriously thinking of proposing to my longtime, long distance, lady friend and wondered if you could share some insight on what to expect when we are not so long distance. I expect there are some major differences in male/female marriage expectations, but I have no clue what they are.

CLUELESS

DEAR CLUELESS

Make some popcorn and have a seat. To be happy with a man, a woman must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman, a man must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t. A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, and she does. A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband, while a man never worries about the future until he gets a wife. The bottom line is--there are two times when a man doesn’t understand a woman – before marriage and after marriage. The fact that you care about expectations speaks volumes. You’ll be fine!

GABBY

CONFIDENTIAL TO “LOSING IT”:

Don’t worry about it; it’s caused by birthdays. Some days, I amaze myself. Other days, I look for my phone while I’m talking on it!