NOTE TO READERS: The answer to the second question was inadvertantly omitted from Tuesday’s Annie’s Mailbox column. Here are the question and answer in their entirety.

 Dear Annie: Nearly five years ago, my son (now 24) started dating a girl from our church. At least two nights a week, she and her older brother stop by our house after church to visit my son before going some 20 miles back to their home.

 The first year, I would fix refreshments and visit with them before excusing myself. I was bothered by the fact that they had no manners and were not pleasant company. The girl has a whiny personality and a “pity poor me” attitude.

 Now when I know they are coming, I go to another room and feel imprisoned until they leave. My son says he plans to break up with the girl, but has yet to do so. He isn’t financially able to get a place of his own, so that is not an option. Any advice? – Aggravated in Alabama

 Dear Alabama: If your son doesn’t find his backbone, this whiny girl could end up becoming your daughter-in-law. Please continue to be cordial. It might help if you could run errands instead of locking yourself in your bedroom, and suggest to your son that he occasionally meet his friends at church and entertain them elsewhere.