September 26, 2020 Issue, Page 7 of 8

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Activities Saturday, September 26, 2020 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 7 Wife starts to resent man’s Qine,s_—_-Believe It or Not’ constant demands for gifts CHANT NE MA ing Dear Abby How do I handle meet- in their early 20s. I try to be ing my husband’s need for patient, but she doesn’t con- DEAR ABBY: I feel un- constant validation without sider health conditions or if comfortable receiving gifts, going bankrupt or having someone is left-handed. and I find it hard to meet my all the love sucked out from My older daughter was se- husband’s requ 's for con- resentment? Mentioning my stant gifts, especially when I financial limitations doesn’t verely traumatized by a f feel I already give so much. seem to quench his thirst for mer neighbor and doesn’t do He constantly asks me to buy more. -- EXCESSIVE IN well with strangers. A few him things, some of which NEW YORK years ago, my cousin’s boy- (HE NEW ZEALAND are very expensive. friend came, and my mother I’m a saver, not a spender, DEAR EXCESSIVE: If I “THE ONLY wu gocomies com ordered my daughter to sit CARNINOROUS PARROT AEROSMITH HAS EARNED More and I try to watch my bud- my reading of your letter is AND /S KNOWN to FEED MONEY FROM THE VIDEO GAME get. I already pay all the accurate, you are doing all next to him. It was horrible ON LIVE SHEEP GUITAR HERO “THIN FROM ANY OF the heavy lifting in your mar- for my daughter. We tried swe ripleys.com THEIR ALBUM: household bills, even though we make the same amount riage. What, exactly, is your one more time last year at of money. | owned my house husband contributing except a restaurant, and it was the before we met, and he chips to ask for more? Gifts are same. Since then, we have in with occasional up supposed to be freely given, skipped family gatherings. and maintenance or not dispensed because they I don’t know why she feels me out to dinner once in a are requested, she has to tell us what to do, while. But I pay for the vast Whether your husband is Please help. -- PUSHED majority of expenses, a greedy, selfish or extremely Saenere AT UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS IN SCOTLAND “TAUGHT A AROUND IN KENTUCKY GREY SEAL NAMED ZOLA TO SING“ TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR" as perform the majority of needy, I can’t guess, but the AND THE THEME TO “S7AR WARS." chores. I have sac -d and balance is off in your mar- paid for all our vacations riage. This is why I’m rec- DEAR PUSHED: Have Distributed by Andrews MeMeo! for UFS. Aiton wan G26 because I wanted the experi- ommending you consult a you talked to your mother ence, and I accept that. marriage and family thera- about this? She may, for The problem is, he seems pist. 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