December 17, 2019 Issue, Page 7 of 10

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Activities Tuesday, December 17, 2019 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 7 Birthday party guest list Rines——-Believe It or Not’ does not include newborn Dear Abby business, and the client in -- LOST IN ETIQUETTE the chair should take prior- DEAR ABBY: My broth- DEAR LOST: Your broth- ity. If you are really afraid er- and sister-in-law were er-in-law and his family are your stylist would butcher trying to have a baby us- in mourning. They have my your haircut in retaliation ing artificial insemination. deepest sympathy. If they if you complain (talk about A few months into the very felt it would be too pain- passive aggressive!), find difficult’ pregnancy, they ful after their loss to host someone else to provide this were told the baby had many a tiny baby at the birthday service. Tieu can HYPNCTIZE A FROG life-threatening defects and OR LIZARD BY PLACING (T party, they should not be ON 112 BACK AND STROKING- d if they wanted to ter- criticized. Your daughter-in- DEAR ABBY: [have been 11S STOMACH .- minate because the baby had law should GRACIOUSLY a widow for three years. Six- little, if any, chance of sur- refuse the invitation, saying teen years ago, my husband viving. They chose to carry she is sorry she will be un- and I built a modest -- but the baby to natural birth. able to attend, and send a gift nice -- home and worked A month or so before she for the daughter. very hard to pay off the mort- was due, she went into la- gage early. I am constantly bor. The baby lived for only DEAR ABBY: What do asked if I am going to stay a few hours. They had a fu- neral, and it was a very sad you think of barbers or beau- ticians who take phone calls in my home or if I plan to sell it. [ have no intention of ue ALeum event. A month later, on the and continue to talk to the moving at this time or in the “\AZZ_FROM HELL" worn gocomes.com due date, they started orga- callers while doing a client’s nizing a birthday party for hair? I haven’t said anything a good answer to give people near future, if at all. Is there By (ERANICZAPPA\ their 10-year-old daughter because I don’t want an an- when they keep asking this DISPENSERS CAME WITH WAS SOLD WITH AN and invited 30 to 40 people, gry person cutting my hair. question? Do they think I “EXPLICIT LYRICS stickeR young and old. They con- It’s almost like having a doc- am not capable of living in tacted my son and daughter- tor talk on the phone while a house by myself? Any sug- DESPITE BEING- in-law, who had been preg- doing surgery. What do you gestions will be appreciated. COMPLETELY INSTRUMENTAL. nant at the same time and think? -- HAIR-RAISING -- HAPPY AT HOME had given birth to a healthy IN ILLINOIS baby, and asked them not to DEAR HAPPY: When bring their newborn. 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