October 28, 2020 Issue, Page 9 of 12

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October 28, 2020 Activities Daughter’s fashion choices Kine,'s_—-Believe Jt or Not cause mom embarrassment . eS =E: get attention because they are attention on the fact that you Dear Abby not sure they have anything have your husband back and DEAR ABBY: Our 19-year- more to offer. Because lectur- let this go. ing your daughter has fallen old daughter is wonderful in on deaf ears, let her learn these many ways. She’s smart, at- lessons on her own. And in DEAR ABBY: I'm a dad with tends a university on academic the meantime, concentrate on four kids, three of them grown. scholarships and earns excel- helping her to appreciate more When we celebrate my birthday lent grades. The problem is the of the important qualities she or my wife’s, or Father's Day or wane gocomice.com way she dresses. Her shorts has to offer in addition to what Mother's Day, I’m the one who PENNSYLVANIA are so short they show some Tam assuming is a killer figure. always pays. For the most re- IS MISSPELLED cheek, the bathing suits she ON THE LIBERTY BELL . cent Father’s Day dinner, the wears in our backyard pool are DEAR ABBY: My husband check was $240. My wife and I almost thongs, she runs at the and I have been together for 15 track in spandex and a sports years. We seem to have a lot of are still paycheck-to-paycheck bra and gets catcalls. people, and at least one of my issues every year around fall. It Tunderstand the outfit would has been this way for the last kids makes five times as much be OK for a formal race, but at five years. as we do between her and her the track? Why not throw on While my husband and I boyfriend. Am I getting this a T-shirt? The most recent ex- ample was a Sunday afternoon, were separated, he was in- wrong? -- NOT MADE OF Vetreve wr ed ladies-only baby shower, to timate for a month with a younger woman. He decided to MONEY Ok Notl which she wore a pale pink (it stop seeing her and returned RIPLEYS RECENTY PURCHASED A DEAR NOT MADE: No, you “TWO-INCH Lock, oF looked nude) clingy dress that home to work on our marriage, are not. In some families, the ABRAHAN LINCOLN HAIR—— barely covered her butt. No but before he approached me parent, “the head of the fam- one else was dressed like that. about working things out, he ily,” picks up the check for cel- BND A “ei ec ecns Mi SMEARED avr WIS Bicoe FOR & 1,000 a I was embarrassed. She wasn’t apologized to her first. I don't raised like this. understand why he owed her ebrations. However, once the LOZB eco mipiey ntrtsinnent in. Distributed by Andrews McMeel for UFS. lunderstand there are times an apology. It still bothers me children become adults, they when a young woman wants that he felt the need to apolo- usually step forward on occa- to look alluring. I have tried to gize to her first and not me. sions like birthdays, anniversa- talk to her about classy/sexy fo}77) = oS = What should I do? -- HURT IN ries, Mother's Day and Father's n a versus trampy, but she gets THE MIDWEST Day and treat their parents. Be- defensive. Any advice? -- EM- cause your children don’t seem ACROSS BARRASSED MOM IN WEST DEAR HURT: Your husband VIRGINIA to have noticed that they are 1 call the —!” j a may not have been entirely now adults, you should point 5 Get more out of honest with the younger wom- 140 Clock’s front WERE BEMME] WME DEAR MOM: Many young an about his marital status, or it out to them, Because of the 14 Obi-Wan player EINE ei) EMEINNE! women dress the way your he may have felt guilty for lead- disparity in your incomes, they daughter does in an attempt to ing her on. Who knows? 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