DEAR ABBY:
"Melody" has been my best friend since we were in the fourth grade. (We're now in our 30s.) Over the past few years, Melody's life has changed. She separated from her husband, lives alone and shares custody of their three children.
She started dating almost immediately after her separation, going out with almost anyone who showed her a little attention. She's now involved with a man who told her he's bisexual and has never taken her out on a date. (Still, he never hesitates to call and ask her to clean his bathroom or cook him a meal.) She's always crying on my shoulder because she ends up with losers, yet the picture she has on her profile on all the dating sites shows her in a skimpy bikini.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will soon leave for a trip to Asia with stops in South Korea, Japan and China. Snyder will not address all the challenges between the U.S. and China, but he can begin to develop the guanxi/relationships necessary to assure China's rise does not come at Michigan's demise.


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