Dear Abby promotes threesome

This was in Saturday's Dear Abby column.
I was amused by how she used "threesome" in her response to a girl who was asked to the prom by a lesbian friend.
Is the columnist out of touch about what most people think of when they hear the word "threesome" or is she trying to be clever?
Or, do I have the mind of a seventh-grader?

THREE MAY BE RIGHT NUMBER FOR ATTENDING SCHOOL PROM

DEAR ABBY: I am a female high school junior with many friends I love and a boyfriend I care for very much. A number of my friends are gay.
One girl, "Belinda," is a year older than I am. She told me a couple of years ago that she is a lesbian. I have done everything I can to help her and support her. Last year, Belinda shared that she loves me more than as a friend. She would like to take me to the prom this year, and I would like to go with her.

Because I am already involved in a relationship with a boy, should I not be Belinda's escort? If I go, how do I tell my parents? -- LOYAL FRIEND IN OHIO

DEAR LOYAL FRIEND: It's time you have another talk with Belinda and explain to her that you like her very much as a friend, but not in the same way that she feels about you. Because you are already involved in a relationship, you and your boyfriend could (possibly) attend the prom with Belinda as a threesome -- but you should not be her "date." If this turns out to be the solution to your problem, I'm sure your parents would have no objection to it.

 

The old biddy rawks!!

 

The girl's boyfriend needs to send Abby some roses.

 

You do know the daughter is the one writing the column now, right?

 

Well, that bloodline rawks!!

 

It's neither. Why does the word threesome have to always involve sex?

 

Simple - because we're obsessed with sex.

 

It doesn't, but in this case it was poor word choice.

 

At least she didn't suggest one of them Maynard do chaw sort of things.

 

Why do you have to take a potentially funny thread way to seriously?

 

She just wants them to play golf. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

They should probably add a 4th then