April 25, 2020 Issue, Page 7 of 10

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Activities Page 7 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Saturday, April 25, 2020 Moving near family forces Qiney's_—-Believe It or Not! a choice between two sons Dear Abby list of the reasons you made monitor any financial ac- your choice and recite them tions and obligations in your DEAR ABBY: My wife when you are asked. You are household. all adults. Your reasons are and I have a dilemma we don’t know how to handle. valid ones, and this should DEAR ABBY: I like to We both recently retired. not be couched in terms of jump on our neighbors’ Our sons (both married with one son being loved bet- trampoline when they’re out ter than the other, which is of town. I have been doing children) live in other states. (AL MOON? childish. “THERE I> A Since my wife and I no lon- it for decades. Normally it’s “TELEPHONE BooTH LEI ger have family here, we are no big deal, but last weekend ON SIACHEN GLACIER. DEAR ABBY: Seven they returned home earlier (N THE HIMALAYAS Discoverer FEBRUAYRY 15, ZOZO, going to move close to one years ago, I found out my LOCATED 20000 FEET AND NAMED 2020 CB, of our sons. Our dilemma: than usual and caught me ABNE SEA LEVEL .— EARTH HAS A TINY YET husband hadn’t paid our in the act. Now my wife is MOON TRAPPED IN ITS ORBIT. They both want us to move mortgage and credit card www gocomice.com near them, but they are 2,000 ashamed to show her face bills for more than two around the neighborhood, wveipley.com miles apart. years, and our home of 23 Both of the states they years was in preforeclosure. and she’s blaming me for the live in are similar in terms Once the secret was out, we whole thing. Distributed by Andrews MeMeel for UFS. of taxes, home prices, cost Abby, I have a simple managed to save the house solution to this mess. If the of living, etc. We have de-(thankfully). cided where we would like neighbors don’t want me During THe Problem is, I no longer MATING SEASON, to go and found a home to trust my husband and often jumping on their trampo- purchase. How do we tell doubt what he says. My pri- line, they should cough up our other son why we moved ority was to save our home, the money for a privacy THE AIRY FRoG OF AFRICA where we did? He’s going but now I am no longer sure fence. Don’t you agree? -- PRoleee A RING OF SKIN AND AR’ ERIES AROUND \1S to be very hurt and feel that BOUNCING INTO TROU- WAIST THAT LOOKS LIKE A I want to stay with him. Our BLE FRINGED SKIRT.~ we favor his brother, which 40th anniversary is this year, couldn’t be further from the but I feel bitter and resent- 4 Sa truth. Both are financially DEAR BOUNCING: ful about his irresponsible stable (as are my wife and 1), decisions. I want to leave, If you are so jumpy and so that is not an issue. but I’m scared I am making can’t keep your feet on the I’m sure many people the wrong decision. Help, ground, it may be time to would feel blessed to have please. -- MIXED UP IN buy your own trampoline, ACROSS two sons who both want MASSACHUSETTS which would save your wife 1 Jedi knight PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED their parents close by. How a world of embarrassment. trainer P miro} 0} D>} >||—|< fi m|o|m|m|DR D|m|m\- OlO|r-|a Olm|-|D|>|Z|O FE o|C/|O|—|O}m|4 m/D|m| Z|O|-|—||-0|mi o|D|m||oic|= M/C do we tell one we picked DEAR MIXED UP: Be- Your comment about the 5 Tie down the other? -- NEARBY IN cause I have no idea why neighbors building a fence 9 Tokyo’s space your husband behaved so may have been offered in pgm. G >|O|—|>! CALIFORNIA irresponsibly, you need to jest, but it is sensible. 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