Dear Miss Manners,
I have been dating the most wonderful girl in the world and want to ask her to marry me. However there is a potential problem.
I have been less than honest with her about my background and family and I am afraid if I am 100% honest with her she will not want to marry me.
My mother gave birth to me and all of my brothers and sisters out of wedlock. She was a crack whore and never really knew which sperm doner was the father of which child so none of us ever knew our fathers. We lived in the projects on welfare and money she made whoring.
I was arested several times as a youth but have managed to straighten myself out. I finished school and have a good job.
I have a teenage sister growing up just like my mother and she won’t give up the crack or whoring.
I have a younger brother who is a gang member and peddles drugs.
Another brother is a gay prostitute spreading AIDS around and two others are in prison for murder, theft and other crimes.
My oldest sister is a registered democrat and works for the NY Times as a reporter.
When I tell my fiance about my family should I tell her about the sister who works for the NY Times?
Signed: Anonymous
That’s better than mine!