Woman plans to stay mum on seizures, keep driving

Dear Abby: I know a woman who has been experiencing seizures for several years and has been restricted from driving. She drove her son to school a couple of years ago and ran into a brick mailbox, totaling her car. She now wants to be able to drive and has said she will not tell her doctor about recent seizures. Isn’t this potentially dangerous? Restricted Driving in Kentucky

Dear Restricted Driving: Of course it’s dangerous! For someone with an illness that could endanger the lives of innocent people to get behind the wheel of a vehicle is unconscionable. Encourage her to talk to her doctor about adjusting or changing her medication. And remind her that if she were to cause another accident, that she could not only kill people, she could also be prosecuted criminally and civilly.

Dear Abby: Whenever I give my longtime friend a gift, her immediate reaction is to tell me, “Oh, no.” Then she immediately offers to give me money for the gift. Now her daughter does the same thing. Abby, why do they react that way? Gift Giver in Texas

Dear Gift Giver: I suspect your friend learned this behavior the way her daughter has — from her mother. You might ask your friend to explain why she does this when you give her a gift, because her reaction is peculiar. Because you know that receiving gifts makes her uncomfortable, my advice is to quit giving her things.

Dear Abby: I have been dating my girlfriend for almost two months. We love each other and think we are the perfect match. But she is going to high school and I’m a year younger, which puts me in eighth grade. We live close to each other, so we see each other on the weekends. She has been accepted to an amazingly good school, but it’s in downtown. What should we do? Should we keep our relationship or leave it? Teens in Love

Dear Teens: If I told you to break up because in a few months you and this girl won’t be able to see each other as often, would you do it? I don’t think so! I suggest the two of you let this play out. Enjoy each other for now, and in the fall, if your feelings — or hers — change, discuss it then.