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Activities Tuesday, December 31, 2019 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 7 Bride-to-be attempts to keep Riney's——-Believe It or Not’ costs and hurt feelings down \ Dear Abby vited our other co-worker’s I just give it all up? I don’t husband and not her “boy- even know how I'd go about DEAR ABBY: I have an friend.” Is there a way I can finding such a partner with- awkward wedding conun- handle this tactfully? -- BE- out fearing I'd have to prove drum I hope you can help me WILDERED BRIDE myself and experience more “CHE ANNUAL with. I am getting married in loss. REP BuOE DROP, April and want to invite two DEAR BEWILDERED: Incidentally, I had coun- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, co-workers with whom I am If you invite one close co- TINGS IN THE NEW YEAR very close. One of them is worker’s significant other seling years ago about other BY LOWERING DRAG QUEEN married; the other, “Sara,” and exclude the other, there issues, and the strong pos- is in the process of divorc- are guaranteed to be hurt sibility arose about child- ing her husband. Sara was feelings. If you explain that hood sexual abuse, but it unhappy for years with her you don’t feel she is in a was vague and not resolved. almost ex-husband, and we committed relationship (af- -- WANTING THIS BUT witnessed the deterioration ter a year!), you will get NOT THAT of their marriage over sev- yourself deeper into hot eral years. DEAR WANTING: water because she will be I can’t About a year ago, while insulted. Believe me, if you still married, Sara began an do what you are consider- guarantee that you will find a affair. She’s still “seeing” ing, it’s going to cost you far partner, but there is a web- this man -- sneaking out, more than the price of two site for asexual people that meeting him on his lunch dinners. offers a lot of information break, going to motels -- as well as a way to connect while she goes through the DEAR ABBY: I’m a_ with the rest of the “ace” a divorce process. She con- 67-year-old woman. I’ve (short for “asexual”) com- (he Recon oR THe Most siders them to have been a been single all my life but munity. Its members. call Mere ee couple for the past year. now wish I could find a jt AVEN, which stands for ANTARCTICA . PROFESSOR BERNARD NEAL. I'm keeping a very tight companion to share my later Asexual Visibility and Edu- CELEBRATES NEW YEARS EVE was grip on my guest list to con- years with. My problem is, Coron Network.It can be BY PUTTING ON A Music FESTIVAL CREE EEONCION trol the costs. I don’t want I’m not interested in a sexual CALLED /CESTOCK — found at asexuality.org. You to pass judgment on Sara, relationship. I have never but I don’t think her situa- been good at the physical and many others may find it tion at present qualifies as a part of intimacy. As a re- helpful, and I wish you luck Crosswo! true, committed relationship, sult, I’ve had limited experi- in your quest to find a loving which is the parameter I set ence and not much luck with relationship. ACROSS when deciding who gets to men. When I was younger, bring aplus-one. also don’t I had a reasonably healthy © DEAR READERS: Wel, 1 ‘hey ony be PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED want my wedding to be the sexual appetite, but couldn’t contentious 2019 is at an peppe’ AIDIM/ 1/T SIAIB/LIE A|D|Z event where she “debuts” seem to do “the act” right, end! 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