Dear Abby – What About Bob, The Nocturnal Wife Beater?

 Man Punches Wife During Sleep – Claims Nocturnal Amnesia!

I can remember the first time I read “Dear Abby,” – I think I was 12 years old and thought it was cool that a woman in the newspaper had the answers to everyone’s problems.  I never felt like I had anyone to go to with my problems and fantasized about writing to Abby for help on what to do about being jealous of my perfect older sister – mainly because she was perfect, and of course, she was mom’s favorite.  (It kind of sucked.)  But somehow I managed to get through my inferiority complex (10 years later) – I moved out of state, and got on with my life without Abby’s help – amazing!

Now my problem today is not that Dear old Abby gives out advice – it’s the advice that she sometimes gives.  Take this “Abby” letter I came across today, for instance.  It’s from a woman named, “All About Bob in Alabama,” who claims her husband beat her in her sleep three years ago.  Now “Bob,”