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Activities Page 13 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Saturday, January 18, 2020 Girlfriend’s birthday bouquet ¢me,s_—-Believe It or Not/- arrives in shabby condition == WHALE MILK IS UP 10 50 PERCENT FAT— consider mentioning _ it. Dear Abby However, with Valentine’s here. My best friend, however, THATS AS THICK AS iTOOmMrASme ta DEAR ABBY: Is there a Day (and another flower de- is managing her own men- delicate way for me to tell livery) approaching, I won- tal health as poorly as ever. Distributed by Andrews McMeel for UFS. my boyfriend not to use the der if I should let my boy- friend know that it might be She doesn’t have the inter- better to use a local florist to est or the motivation to help same online floral delivery service again? The birthday ensure he is getting his mon- herself the way I have, and bouquet he had delivered to ey’s worth. Or should I just she resents when others try me arrived with limp, wilt- ed, torn petals and leaves cross my fingers that it was a to talk to her about it. I sense one-off? -- UNGRATEFUL and broken stems. It was one she wishes I was like I used GIRLFRIEND of those box-of-flowers de- to be. wertsiplys.com liveries. I’m starting to feel like be- I doubt my boyfriend real- DEAR “UNGRATE- ized they would not arrive in FUL”: Tell your boyfriend ing around her is no longer a vase and arranged by a flo- why you didn’t send him a healthy for me, but I don’t rist. Instead, they had been photo of the flowers he sent know what to do. I don’t packed in a box, without as you usually do. He has a have many other friends. water, with the vase packed right to know, and it will not I live out of state from my alongside, delivered by a make you appear ungrate- regular package courier. ful. He may be able to get a family, and I still love her Tusually send him a photo refund if the order was mis- dearly. How should I pro- of my bouquet along with my heartfelt thanks, and handled and he had ordered an arrangement in a vase. ceed? -- SELF-HELPER IN CALIFORNIA 5 HE BEAKES while I thanked him as usu- al, I did not send a picture of And if the vendor is not forthcoming, he may choose DEAR SELF-HELPER: oO LH, t , g SEA eNAKE the bouquet because I knew to deal with a different one WAS BORN WITH AN UNUSUAL & “TWICE AS DEADLY next time. Please give him Proceed by continuing to GROWTH OF HAIRS THAT : he would feel bad -- both the option. move forward. If you seek RESEMELES A “TAIL ON HIS BACK. AS ANY about the lackluster arrange- NEIGHGORS BELIEVE HE IS A ment, and the money he had out new activities, you will REINCARNATION OF THE HINDO LAND SNAKE “ DEAR ABBY: I'm one IAKICES > ESAAMIANAKT spent on them. meet more people with com- I found what I believe was half of a female best friend mon interests. Do not drop the intended arrangement on duo in our early 30s. We her. Call her periodically to the website, and it was love- both live with clinical de- ly --a far cry from what was pression, and my friend also check in, and make a point delivered to me. I love my has ADHD. During most of of inviting her to join you in ACROSS twice-a-year flowers (birth- our 20s, neither of us did some of your new interests. 1 Grind, as teeth PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED day and Christmas), and I a good job of coping with However, if she refuses, do 6 Soft mineral MA MABE S HO PEEDIOLERIS don’t want to come across these issues, but we were F _ 10 Humerus as critical or ungrateful. 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