Dear Dr. Two Times: Clueless parent who doesn't know how to talk to a dentist
The Dear Abby Column and advice columns in general have dropped the ball for far too long. The time has come for Dr. Two Times to take control of the madness
As I posted earlier today, advice columns are a fraud. The authors themselves are even bigger frauds. Nothing qualifies these scam artists to give advice. Seek advice elsewhere from reliable individuals you can trust and have credibility. Individuals such as myself.
A few times a week, I will pull a question from one of these columns or perhaps a reddit post and answer these imbeciles who seek information from strangers on topics they can easily figure out themselves.
Today’s question comes from the Jan. 17, 2025 Dear Abby Column.
DEAR ABBY DR. TWO TIMES: My husband and I have four kids, so there are many, many appointments to make and keep. We both have full-time jobs, so we split up the responsibilities by category; I get the pediatrician visits, and he does orthodontist and dentist. This works fine for me, but for some reason, these offices are stubbornly unwilling to communicate with him as a parent.
No matter who is listed as the contact person, they always call me -- the mother. The dentist is particularly bad. They have my husband listed as the main contact. He's the one who makes all the appointments and takes the kids. My name is listed only as an emergency contact, but they still call me with all the reminders and schedule changes. If I don't respond, they text me repeatedly.
One time, my husband was late getting to their office, and they called and yelled at me about his lateness. I said I wasn't sure what they expected me to do about his being late. (I was on a business trip and out of state that day.)
We have explained multiple times that he is the person they need to talk to, and that I am not involved in these appointments. We've even had them put notes in the kids' records, but they still call me first. Do you have suggestions about how to overcome this bias (that doesn't include me taking over the whole family calendar)? - IGNORED IN DELAWARE
DEAR IGNORED: Get a new dentist you clueless imbesile.