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Activities Tuesday, December 3, 2019 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 7 Full-time trucker parks too Rines—-Believe It or Not! long in son’s small apartment ,; Dear Abby I will manage to get through that I no longer want to go i: unc, one IN SWEDEN the holidays this year. Help! there when a meal is in- WAG OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED DEAR ABBY: My wid- -- DREADING IT IN THE volved. I have tried talking AS & NEW RELIGION. BELIEVERS CONSIDER FILE- SHARING owed mother-in-law, “Min- EAST to them about this, but their BS HOLY AND CTRL4C AND nie,” works full time as a reply is, “No meat allowed CTRL+V AS SACRED trucker, traveling around DEAR DREADING: Sym Boe x in our home.” I now leave the U.S. She doesn’t have a Blowout fights with your before mealtime because I home of her own since she husband are detrimental to lives on the road. My hus- your marriage. Because he don’t like a lot of their dish- band and I live in a small appears to be unable to sum- es. one-bedroom apartment. Is it common for veg- mon the backbone to have When she’s here for holi- ans to prohibit guests from an honest conversation with days or family functions, she his mother, I guess it’s up to ever taking other food into always sleeps on our couch. you. their home? Thanks for any At first I didn’t mind once Explain to Minnie that the light you can shed on this. -- or twice for holidays, but current arrangement isn’t MEAT LOVER IN HOUS- THE NATIONAL since my niece was born, working. Tell her twice-a- TON (AWSTIARD exons enn’ Minnie wants to be home year visits for holidays and more to visit with her. My family functions were man- PAUSE URN Distributed by Andrews Metel for UFS. DEAR MEAT LOVER: husband’s brother has a large ageable, but in the future, | IN MIDDLETON, WISCONSIN, home and plenty of space, if she’s unwilling to stay in People become vegans for : FEATURES MORE THAN but Minnie never stays there her younger son’s home, she a variety of reasons. Some i Z MiUSTARDS. S,GCH FROM ALL 50 STATES because she doesn’t like my do because they feel it is \ AND MORE THAN A BRAZILIAN WOMAN should arrange to stay at a \ WAS ALWAYS LATE TO WORK sister-in-law. Minnie is also hotel or motel for those “ex- unethical to kill animals for \ “THERE'S EVEN 4, DUE To HER ALARM irresponsible about letting tra” visits. food. Others do it because A MUS RD VENDING Nv \ACHINE: MALFUNCTIONING. “THE CULPRIT > HER CAT, JOAQUIM, us know when she’s com- they feel raising animals for a — WOULD ‘SWIPE HIS PAW ing and how long she will be DEAR ABBY: Some of slaughter is harmful to the ON THE SCREEN To SILENCE IT.- staying. One night can turn my extended family mem- planet. People also become into a week. bers have become vegan. vegans for health reasons. I have had many conver- When they come to my Individuals who adopt this sations and some blowout home, I make sure to have way of life often feel as your fights with my husband over appropriate food for them, relatives do, and that’s their ACROSS this issue. He’s the older in addition to nonvegan privilege. If it impinges on 1 Jug brother and feels guilty food for others. When I am 5 Honor in style about asking her to stay at invited to their homes for a your freedom or limits your HIO|IN|E/S#MS/L/E/E PHNIO|V 9 Bradley and a hotel. My sister-in-law celebration, they offer only enjoyment of these celebra- McBain U/LITIRIA H/O/K|E_Y E|G/O doesn’t help the situation. vegan selections. 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