Abby Understands

From Thursday's edition of Dear Abby:

DEAR ABBY: I've been married 33 years. A year ago, my husband started wearing girls' frilly socks and pink nail polish -- the pinker, the better. He thinks it is great. When we go out, he has to show off his nails to everyone. It's beyond embarrassing. I hate going anywhere with him now, and he's mad at me for it. Advice? -- MORTIFIED IN TEXAS

DEAR MORTIFIED: Some performers in the music business wear nail polish, and no one thinks twice about it. (The frilly socks, I'm not so sure.) Could this be your husband's bid for attention, or a way of announcing that he has a proclivity for cross-dressing? If it's the latter, please understand that it doesn't make him any different than the person you have known for the last 33 years.

If you haven't already talked (calmly) with him about this, do it now. As a regular Dear Abby reader, you may appreciate that on a scale of one to 10, this problem isn't world-ending. However, such a sudden change in behavior is worth exploring further.

Does this sound familiar to any of you?