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DEAR JANN: I'm 26, and my mother is trying to dress sexier than me! In the past year, my 56-year-old mom has lost about 40 pounds -- and her mind! She has started buying clothes that a teenager would wear. How do I tell her -- in a nice way -- that her behaviour is unacceptable and that I am embarrassed to go shopping with her? TOO SEXY</b>
DEAR TOO SEXY</b>: Mind your own business! Do you really want someone telling you how to dress when you're 56? I highly doubt it. A person should be able to express themselves any way they want, be it through a few dozen tattoos or piercings or through what they want to wear. I think you're being too judgmental, and that's worse than what your mother is doing -- which is quite simply just trying to be herself. If you're embarrassed, you have a problem, not your mother. How does your mother's clothing style reflect on you anyway? Tell your mom I'd like to take her for a beer; we can both wear our tube tops.
DEAR JANN: Last year, I lost my best friend. She was only 29. The first anniversary of her death is quickly approaching. What are some tips to make it through what I know will be a very difficult day? GRIEF-STRICKEN</b>
DEAR GRIEF-STRICKEN</b>: Life is for the living. The best thing you can do to remember your friend is to have a happy life yourself. We are all headed in the same direction, so make the best of your time here. Don't dwell on your friend's death; I doubt she would want that. She's dead, you're alive, so live. Have yourself a grand time with dear friends, drink expensive wine and toast your friend's beautiful life. Live and you'll have made her happier than you could imagine.
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