Woman wants to stop driving her adult step-daughters around town

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married 2 1/2 years. We have both been married before. I have a son, and he has three daughters. My son is married with two children. He works and is pretty self-sufficient. Two of my husband’s daughters live in the same city we do. They are 26 and 28. They don’t have cars or driver licenses and live with their mother, who is also car-less. They often ask us for transportation. While I don’t mind doing it once in a while, we are not a taxi service. I love my stepdaughters, but in my opinion, they are old enough to be more selfsufficient. Advice, please. — Desperate In Reno, Nev.

Dear Desperate: You’re right; the “girls” are old enough. The solution to your problem lies in helping them become independent. This is what you should discuss with their father. There is a public transportation system in your community, and they should be familiar with it. If for some reason that’s not workable, perhaps their father could help them pay for driving lessons and/or a down payment on a used vehicle of their own.

Dear Abby: I was eating a Greek salad at a restaurant the other night, and I started to wonder about the polite way to eat olives with pits. I typically put the whole thing in my mouth, eat the flesh, then pull the pit out with my fingers and place it on a dish. I started wondering if it was rude to reach into my mouth and spit things out in a restaurant. What is the polite way to eat an olive in public?

— It’s The Pits

In New York

Dear Pits: According to etiquette experts the Post family, you have done nothing wrong. The key to disposing of an olive pit is to do it discreetly.