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Activities Wednesday, August 5, 2020 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 7 Dad feels helpless to mend Rineys——_-Believe It or Not/ teenager’s crisis of identity Dear Abby It is very important that question either, What’s go- you not panic, Her hair will ing on here? - STUCK ON DEAR ABBY: My grow back; her gender iden- HER IN PENNSYLVANIA 14-year-old daughter recent- tity and sexual orientation ly came out of the closet, will be confirmed with time. DEAR STUCK: Although and it has made my husband The most important sugges- you have spent a lot of time Qe A& CON IS tion I can offer would be D> and me quite upset. She says online with this woman, AND CAUGHT, she is “bicurious, pansexual to love your daughter, stop IT HAS criticizing her and make an your relationship is still AtouT A and polyamorous.” She now new. As your relationship 81% CHANCE insists everyone call her by appointment for you and OF _LANDING- your husband to talk with a proceeds, how will you feel ON THE a gender-neutral name, gave SAME SIDE herself a side shave and psychologist with expertise about the fact that most of FROM WHICH QULIA CHILDS ACTUAL HOME KITCHEN ~ in adolescents. Above all, \ 1 ON DIePLAY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM) dyed her hair pink after we her friends are other men? WA LAUNCHED. OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. repeatedly told her not to. she needs the support of her I DO think there is some- She wants us to refer to her parents right now. thing going on, which is as “they” and not “she.” the reason she doesn’t want Boys used to like her, and DEAR ABBY: I met you to see that account. The she used to have friends, but this beautiful woman on- most important question is: she threw it all away to be line three months ago. We “unique.” You may think we haven’t met in person yet, Do you trust her? You won’t should let her be true to her- but plan to. We spend at least know the answer to that until self, but in the process, she eight hours a day online to- your relationship has devel- SA smsocomiesscom | is disrespecting us and ru- gether, and our relationship oped further. So stop using ining her image. She thinks has really advanced. I know the L word until you know she’s all grown up and can she’s real and not a “catfish” her much, much better. do whatever she wants, and because we talk about ev- WAS BANNED IN SCOTLAND FOR NEARLY 5O YEARS ~ I just can’t get through to erything. We even tell each DEAR ABBY: My hus- Distributed by Andrews MeMeel for UFS. © 2020 Ripley Entertainment inc. in her. other the L word. band of 11 years told me She is also letting herself My dilemma is, she has that when his former moth- g0. She used to be in good shape, but she quit track and a second Facebook account and absolutely refuses to ac- er-in-law dies, he would like osswo field because it was a “gen- cept my friend request. She to go to the funeral, He was der-conforming” sport. She says she needs her privacy, friendly with her before he ACROSS is now getting chubby, looks and it’s none of my busi- married her daughter. I’m 1 Pedro's house PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED horrible and is depressed. ness. She also tells me her not OK with this. What do 5 Young hooter Help! -- DAD WITHOUT _ friends on that page are all you think?-- UNUSUALIN 10 Takes a snooze TIA\L|C AiR|G|U a i E|N/E ANSWERS male co-workers. 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