Dear Gabby

Welcome back to the Dear Gabby advice column. February is a wonderful month. If you are into Baked Alaska, groundhogs, tater tots, carrot cake, golden retrievers, kite flying, fairy tales, umbrellas, public sleeping or innumerable other folly, there’s a day for you. For normal people (who might get a day off or a box of chocolates), we’re down to St. Valentine’s Day and George Washington’s birthday. If Valentine’s Day came before George’s birthday, that’s probably why he needed wooden teeth! Drop me a line at Dear Gabby at PostcardsLive.com/share if you have questions about any subject, serious or silly, but only if you really want my candid opinion.

DEAR GABBY

I don’t mean to pry, but I’m just curious as to whether or not you have a date for Valentine’s Day.

NOSY ROSIE

DEAR NOSY

If you must know, yes I do. It’s February 14th.

GABBY

DEAR GABBY

I just had a major birthday and have been obsessing lately about how I will probably die. I don’t think of it as a morbid obsession, just a curiosity. Have you ever thought about that?

PRE-OCCUPIED

DEAR PRE-OCCUPIED

I don’t think that’s necessarily a harmful fixation, but I’m not a physcologyst pyscologist head doctor. It has occurred to me, on occasion, that I would like to be remembered for dying while performing some heroic deed, but it’s more likely I’ll trip over my dog and choke to death on a spoonful of frosting.

GABBY

DEAR GABBY

From time to time, I tell a little white lie, but only to prevent causing harm or discomfort to someone else. Otherwise, I am totally honest. I was once told that there are no degrees of integrity; you either have it, or you don’t. Do I?

OCCASIONAL FABRICATOR

DEAR FAB

The actor/singer Richard Chamberlain addressed that about as well as I’ve ever heard it. He commented, “I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often, they’re necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whopper? No, that’s dangerous, and they’ll boomerang.”

GABBY

CONFIDENTIAL TO “AM I OLD YET?”: Such a popular question! You know you’re old when you barely do anything all day, but still need a nap to continue doing barely anything.