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Activities Tuesday, January 14, 2020 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 7 Parents oppose relationship Rneys—-Believe It or Not’ with man of different culture Boe MILLER OF KINGSROAT, Dear Abby Tm thinking of marrying children are my whole life. We are all very close. My him any time soon, but one TENNESSEE, CELEBRATED HIS DEAR ABBY: I am a of my future goals is to be in husband, on the other hand, 10st BIRTHDAY 25-year-old college student a happy marriage, and I real- BY BREARING- el INS oe on the verge of graduation. ize that you marry who you rarely talks to or calls his Over the past three months, date). The idea of ending a kids, even though I encour- Recon = LINN T have been dating a slightly relationship with someone I age him to. One child no lon- eas TAIN IS NOUNTAN younger man (he’s 21). We adore based on statistics is ger even speaks to him. An- FoRK — get along well, and I thor- upsetting to me. I’d really other one lives too far away oughly enjoy his company. appreciate your thoughts. -- to see him (a 10-hour drive), He has never been anything GROWN-UP IN UTAH which is his reason for not but kind and supportive. My parents have an issue DEAR GROWN-UP: visiting him. with the match. My boy- You have been dating this With no friends and very friend is Latino, born and man for only three months. little family contact, I feel “THANK Yorv— raised in a South Ameri- By the age of 25, the deci- I am all he has. I want to A THANK You very MucH / can country. He speaks and sion about whom you decide mun away, but if I do, he’d mS \l WEARS OLD, understands English well, to EVENTUALLY marry DAVID Bowie's although speaking it does should be yours, not your be heartbroken. Sad to say, FIRST PERFORMANCE WAS. AN make him a little nervous. parents’, regardless of how I wouldn’t even miss him. a IS IMPERSONA‘TION, I speak Spanish fluently, so well-meaning they are. Do What should I do? -- UN- IN FRONT Oe ey AN AUDIENCE scouTe .— when we talk to each other, not let statistics rule your FULFILLED IN OHIO he speaks in Spanish and life because there are always etyrversity. oF I speak in English, and we exceptions. Let this play out, DEAR UNFULFILLED: Ge ee aeSTENTS have no problem communi- and you will have your an- SoTSANDING: 5 PARING Fees cating. swer. Has your husband always WITH JARS OF My parents think that re- been this way? If the answer lationships (especially mar- DEAR ABBY: My hus- is no, he may be depressed, riages) are already hard band finds fault and makes which is something that enough, and adding cultural negative comments about should be discussed with his differences to the equation almost everything. He rarely doctor. is a dangerous gamble for talks to me about anything. my future happiness. They I am not happy with my life I don’t think you should ACROSS strongly oppose my con- with him, I feel there is so leave him -- immediately. If 1 Malarkey PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED tinuing my relationship with much I want to do and ex- you want to travel and have 5 Gym offering 10 Treat gently S|K/E|W SIN/JA|PBITIAINIK him. Do you think their ar- plore. He is content to stay the means to do so, travel 14 Frankenstein’s E|N|D|E|DRMHIO|L|EBMAIGIUJA gument is valid? at home, watch TV and oc- with some friends. The only 96 Cee alead R/O|U/S/E A|VIE|R P|OIK|Y T’ve looked up statistics casionally do little projects thing you should NOT do is verpraise that say marriages between around the house. Then it is a Latino man and white time for TV again. permit yourself to become 16NYCiheater awar = IAGIE|N/TIDIO OLD A woman are the most likely We are both retired. 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