Dear Abby - You must be kidding!

I had to reread a headline and the story to make sure I was reading it correctly.

Dear Abbly wrote, in response to a question from the woman of an unmarried couple, who asked,

After living together for two years, and splitting all bills – rent, utilities, etc. --
in half, I asked about paying half of my birth control bills (about $40 a month),
most guys and women don’t agree with me.

Dear Abby’s response shocked me.

This is her statement:
There are two kinds of expenses when people share a dwelling, joint expenses and those
that are personal. Prescription drugs usually fall into the latter. Unless you are prepared to
pay half of the cost of his prescription drugs – including Viagra – my advice is to back down
on this.


Dear Abby:

YOU COULDN’T HAVE GIVEN THIS MUCH THOUGHT:

She didn’t ask you about Viagra. Evidently this is not one of their
problems or it would have been included in the question.

We don’t know if they share that expense,but the question is an indication
of the incredibly unbilievable problems that come up between people
today.

Your statement that birth control pills are personal is unbelievable.
PERSONAL MEANS ONE PERSON, NOT TWO.

How could birth control pills apply to one person only, unless you
have a new kind of sex that only requires one person....then we don’t\
have to worry about BIRTH CONTROL.