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November 25, 2020 Activities Daughter dishes out criticism but can’t take it from mom Distributed by Andrews MeMee! for UFS, strongly. Staying with her may the subject of politics to be Dear Abby be off the table until she cools mentioned. At all. It will then off, but visits with your grand- be up to her to decide which is DEAR ABBY: Recently, I kindly and lovingly gave my son may still be possible if her more important: her soapbox husband can arrange it. Not or some much-needed relaxing daughter some feedback on knowing your son-in-law, I can conversation. msipleyscom how she berates her husband only guess that it may be just in front of my 8-year-old a matter of time until he tires IN ZoI9, grandson. I told her I didn’t of your daughter's verbal abuse DEAR READERS: Tomor- GROUP OF SALMON FARMERS, want him to grow up thinking row is Thanksgiving, and no N 913, OFF THE CoAST OF CANADA'S and exits the marriage, but if NANCOUVER ISLANI> that’s how we treat the people they separate, it may make ac- ‘Thanksgiving would be com- Wy OF THE DETKOIT TIGERS ED A BALD EAGLE BECAME THE FIRST BASEBALL PLAYER we love. To make a long story cess to your grandchild easier plete without sharing the tra- TO EARN A FIVE-FIGURE SALARY OM short, she said that if I wanted &T 312000 AYEAR. DEADLY GRIP for you. ditional prayer penned by my Submitted By Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. OF AN OCTOPUS — to estrange myself from her, dear late mother: I had succeeded. I remained DEAR ABBY: Several of us calm and loving and told her Oh, Heavenly Father, lady friends get together pe- she could use the feedback if We thank Thee for food and riodically over coffee to catch it was helpful, or ignore it if it up. We haven’t seen each other remember the hungry. wasn't. She has now blocked since the pandemic began, but We thank Thee for health me! T'm thinking of inviting them and remember the sick. My daughter has had no to my backyard for a socially We thank Thee for friends compunction over the years distanced get-together. and remember the friendless. about informing me about my One of them is very politi- We thank Thee for freedom shortcomings, but went into cal and dominates the conver- and remember the enslaved. a rage when I spoke about her sation with her opinions and May these remembrances behavior. Although it breaks observations. Because of it, 1Z20-FOOT-LONG, Z000-YEAR-OLD GEOGLYPH IN THE SHAPE OFA CAT — my heart that my daughter has I'm considering not including stir us to service, Submitted By Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN. cut me out of her life, my real ‘That Thy gifts to us may be her. I don’t want to cause hard concern is losing contact with feelings, but I don’t know what used for others. wurw.gecomice.com ©2020 Ripley Entertainment Inc. 1129 my grandson. Fortunately, my to do - not have the gather- Amen. son-in-law is still relaying mes- ing, lay out ground rules or Have a safe, happy and so- sages to him, but what about put up with her political spew- cially distanced celebration, whenI want to visit my grand- ing? Your thoughts would be everyone! -- Love, ABBY son? I have always stayed with appreciated. -- MISSING MY ACROSS my daughter and her family. — FRIENDS IN CALIFORNIA Dear Abby is written by Abi- 1 Very p a HEARTBROKEN IN ANOTH- gail Van Buren, also known DEAR MISSING: Deal ER STATE with it by leaving the choice as Jeanne Phillips, and was oe REIOME SSO SERIE of whether to attend up to founded by her mother, Pau- 40 Gl need NEINEIS WEE! MEE DEAR HEARTBROKEN: this amateur pundit. Keep it You may have hit the nail on line Phillips. 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