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Activities Saturday, September 19, 2020 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 7 Disruptive cousin unwelcome Qiney's—-Believe It or Not/ during weeklong family visit Dear Abby You mentioned your in relationships, as is the grandmother shares custody ability to fight fair when dis- DEAR ABBY: My hus- of this girl. Perhaps Grand- agreements arise. Wait un- band and I and our children ma can leave her with that til your lady friend is calm, 5 moved across the country person for a week. How- then suggest the two of you away from our families three ever, once you have drawn seek couples counseling to- years ago. My 9-year-old the line, be prepared for the gether, It will not only help GOLDEN Rereever F daughter is extremely close possibility that your mother you to make your relation- A waterwor's AUSTRALIA, Poy s WOMANS UNUSUAL METHOD. REAL-LIFE TALENT to my mom and sister. Mom may cancel the trip. ship “healthier and more OF PICKING RANDOM LotreRy OR GASKETEALL NUMBERS By DRAWING 4, wants to take a road trip productive,” it will also help PICTURE ON THE TICKET LANDED HIM, and spend a week with us. RECENTLY WON HER A THE STARRING ROLE DEAR ABBY: I am 53 the two of you grow closer JACKPOT OF MORE THAN IN 19976 “AIR BUD — We are all excited, since we and have been divorced for by addressing any differenc- &\.5 MILLION - Submitted By Gan Paulun, W. Lafayette, OH. haven’t seen them in a year. more than 10 years. While es that might prevent it from However, she wants to bring we were going through the developing further. along my grandma and my divorce, my ex and I went to 1B] Bic] DRACO younger cousin, who is 12. counseling. Unfortunately, it DEAR ABBY: One of my My grandma has partial couldn’t save our marriage. friends is a drama queen. custody of my cousin. The However,I learned a lot dur- Whenever things don’t girl had a rough upbringing, ing those sessions about how go the way she wants, she FROM Ta CREATORS OF SuRMLOCIC to be a better partner because i: and I don’t want her to come. freaks out and makes a big Start New Year's Day She throws terrible temper I recognized the mistakes I deal out of everything. It one | iPlayer tantrums, demands to be the had made during my mar- makes the times we spend center of attention and, when riage. CLEVER BILLBOARD ADVERTISING THE BBC's "DRACULA" SERIES it doesn’t happen, starts act- T am currently dating a together hard, because my FEATURES BLOODY WOODEN STAKES THAT TURN INTO A FRIGHTENING other friends and I are scared SILHOUETTE AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. ing up. If that doesn’t work, woman my age. When we we'll start another fight with she will try to kiss people disagree, I try my best to use Distributed by Andrews MeMee! for UFS. © 2020 Ripley Entertainment inc. Q-| Q what I learned. While I’m her. What can I do to make or make “jokes” about sex. I don’t trust her around my not perfect, I’m glad I have her stop making a big deal daughters. that foundation. The prob- out of everything? -- NO ‘ossword Mom hates controversy lem is, my girlfriend em- MORE DRAMA QUEEN and turns a blind eye to the ploys a lot of the bad behav- ACROSS DEAR NO MORE: Your 1 Horse marking PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED behavior. How can I get iors from which I evolved. I 6 Diminutive across that we want Mom see it clearly, but you can’t friend may be high strung, 11 Mtn. stat OW(|N|E|DEBHIA|S/P BS|w/ 1 |G and Grandma to come but teach someone during an ar- or she may simply create 14 Swerved off HIE|A\VIEBBAL/E|CHE| | |RIE to leave my cousin at home? gument. How do we get on drama in order to get atten- course MIA|V/E|N N/O|C|T UJRIN|AL PROCEEDING WITH the same page? We love each tion. Understand that you 15 Paris river S|K|Y|RJO|C|KIE|T LILEIN|S CAUTION other, so it would be nice to can’t “make” her stop doing fine-tune our adversity to it, but if you and your friends 16 Type of party 17 Edit, as text A INI VILEWE[DBBAIQIUAILIUINIG 18 Chinese textiles DEAR PROCEEDING: make it healthy and produc- ignore her antics, she may 19 Scale notes AIC|R/E|S P|L|UIMS LIALY Say it in plain English as tive. -- WANTING BETTER tone it down when she real- 20 Hardhat’s NI UNERBT/UL| IP RRQ TIP you have to me. You have a IN THE EAST izes they aren’t bringing the support (hyph.) NIE|EMBAIRIGO|TMBCIURIL|S right to protect your daugh- reaction she’s looking for. 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