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December 30, 2020 Activities Attentions form married man RQiney's_—-Believe It or Not’ play with woman’s emotions DEAR DAZED & CON- or bad things that have hap- Dear Abby FUSED: You may not want to pened in my life. DEAR ABBY: I'm someone feel anything for this married How should I react to this? who doesn’t get noticed often man, but you do. And because I'm on a good path now, no by the opposite sex. So when I you “don’t get noticed much by thanks to them, and my life the opposite sex,” the atten- has never been better. But I do receive attention, it’s a very nice feeling. The problem is, I tion you’re receiving is like wa- don’t know if I can ever forgive am getting that attention from ter ona parched flower. (Funny them for being so helpful to a aman who is married. how they always seem to pick stranger and not their son. Am In the beginning, I didn’t the vulnerable ones.) I wrong to ask where my sym- You may not have had physi- SINCE 1949, know he was married. He cal contact with him (yet), but pathy was? - SEEKING VALI- doesn’t wear a ring, and he you are playing with fire. This TR! DATION IN TEXAS OF THE. never mentioned a wife until ONUTED STATES is no longer an “innocent” flir- one day while we were chat- tation. Someone will get hurt DEAR SEEKING: If you plan ting, he let it slip. I don’t think if it continues, and that per- to hold a mirror up to your yim CARREVSICONIC CHIPPED “Toot he meant for it to happen. son is likely to be you. Keep in knee-jerk homophobic parents WOMAN. Re Reis SIN ome Movies ie When someone is married, I mind that “good guys” don't and expect honest introspec- bon ALLY REAL SULT OF e CHILDHOOD Bear = back off. But for some reason, behave the way he does, and tion from them, I think you'll I'm not backing away from this wouldn’t have happened be wasting your time. It’s pos- this. I'm starting to have feel- if he had been honest with you sible that they think their com- ings for him. I’m leaving it up about his marital status. passion for the stranger makes to him, though. If he flirts, I'l up for the way they treated you. flirt back. When he comes on DEAR ABBY: When I came DINOSAURS HAD DANDEIEE Whether you can forgive them strong one day, the next day he out as gay, my parents rejected for it depends solely upon you. feels guilty and backs off, but me. It made my early 20s the You are now on a construc- then we pick up right where we most challenging period of tive and rewarding path. The Distributed by Androwe McMeel for UFS. © 2029 Ripley Entertainment Inc. 12-30 left off. my life. I have tried to forgive validation you are seeking Tm not trying to paint him them and move on, but they as the bad guy; he’s honestly a refuse to acknowledge the can be found there. Your abil- SSW really good guy -- in my opin- trauma they caused. ity to forgive may come once ion, anyway. 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