October 27, 2021 Issue, Page 7 of 10

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Activities October 27 , 2021 Wife in new marriage seeks balance with mom Qneys—-Believe It or Not!: £ i AN ay EMpLoyee dk i the other? Who comes first? from a non-family member's RENOVATING ey Dear Abby And how do I break the news social media posting. It made to whoever comes second? -- an already painful situation CNAGeerIC VENTURA” Drericcrary !§ DEAR ABBY: My mom and THEATER IN MAY 2O2I I have always been close, but TORN IN ILLINOIS even more so. People were hurt FOUND A WALLET FILLED OF OKLAHOMA STATE since I got married, I have that they weren't informed be- WITH OLD PHOTOS AND UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE DEAR TORN: You are a new- fore it was plastered all over CONCERT TICKETS IN A OF VETERINARY MEDICINE been having a hard time set- CRAWL SPACE AND WAS SUCCESSFULLY ting boundaries. My parents lywed, married only a short the internet. ABLE TO RETURNIT TO PERFORMED CORRECTIVE divorced when I was 12, and time. For your mother to ex- Could you ALSO point out Mom went through a string pect you to leave your husband that if you are the person who OMNER Te 46 DISTIN, COLLEEN YEARS AFTER Kear tee) TO ON PUPPY rerrler RIX HER and vacation with her at this made the post from which IT WENT MISSING! of boyfriends — including an point is insensitive and unreal- someone found out about the UPSIDE-DOWN abusive one. She hasn't dated istic. When people marry, their death of a family member, PAWS. anyone seriously in the last spouse is supposed to take pre- rather than get defensive and five years. My father is a pilot. cedence. Tell your mother you say, “I'm not the only one who While I was growing up, it was would love to take girls trips posted it!” or, “I wasn’t the first mostly Mom who raised me. It with her in the future, but not to say something,” just kindly was the two of us against the during the first year of your offer your condolences and ( BURNACE CREEK VISITOR world, until I met my husband, marriage. maybe an apology. -- MOURN- CENTER AT DEATH VALLEY (li “Bric.” We started dating four ING IN MICHIGAN NATIONAL PARK REACHED ) i years ago and were married ) _ ONE OF THE HO TTEST DEAR ABBY: Can you help DEAR MOURNING: RECORDED TEMPERATURES |} last summer. to illuminate people on what Please accept my sympathy for IN HISTORY ON y Eric knows Mom and I have is proper etiquette after the your loss. I am sure that feel- JULY 9, 2021 — always considered ourselves passing of a loved one? We re- ings are raw because people 130 DEGREES FAURENMEIT * nN to be each other's best friend. cently had a death in our fam- are hurting, but please realize He also knows we have taken ily. As we were trying to say our that because of social media, (1 many trips together. It’s a tra- goodbyes and get in touch with news travels like wildfire. For VRAIWh dition Mom was hoping we'd immediate family, the word got a friend to be told and then to continue after my wedding. She out. has recently begun discussing a vacation, and Eric wants to tag post the sad news wouldn't be Within an hour of the pass- unusual these days. However, ing, the news was all over so- to head something like that off <= Ss along. She, however, wants it cial media. We barely had time before it happened, the person OE to be a “just us girls” trip. I’m to react, let alone inform all who spilled the beans should not sure how to handle this. our family members. Many of have asked the friend to keep Mom and Eric are the most im- the news private until all fam- them learned about it from Crosswo! portant people in my life. Must these posts. Imagine finding ily members were personally Ireally choose between one or out a loved one passed away informed. ACROSS 1 Like khaki ISoRRY,1 FORGOT. 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