Dear Abby: Embarrassments turn into fond memories  Posted:
Tuesday, January 26, 2010  Dear Abby: I had to respond to
"Blushing in San Francisco" (Nov. 21), the 11-year-old girl
who's embarrassed because her mother sings and dances in the
mall. I was that mother a few years ago.  My daughter and I
shopped in trendy stores where the music was really loud, and
when she saw me bob my head and move to the music, she would
shake her head "no." I'd do it again - just to torture her. As
she tried on clothes, she would pop out and say, "Have you been
dancing again? This is a no-dancing zone!" We laugh about it
now.  When I teach, I tell my students what I did. They tell me
unanimously they would die if I were their mom - to which I
respond that it's my job to make them miserable. - Still Dancing
in Granite City, Ill.  Dear Still Dancing: Your letter was among
hundreds I received pointing out that "Blushing in San
Francisco's" dilemma is universal. Read on:  Dear Abby: My
husband is a contractor, and his office is in o