November 13, 2021 Issue, Page 5 of 10

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Activities November 13, 2021 Gift to friend ends up Qreys—-Believe It or Not! for sale online we went to an estate sale and heartbreaking at first, my par- SEB YOU LAVERY Dear Abby Gabbi brought up this other Ws. army VETERAN ABDUL GENE MALIK person again -- “I should have ents decided not to tell Norm’s OF FLORIDA CAPTURED AN DEAR ABBY: I used to col- invited ‘Bethany’ so she could parents or siblings about it. ALLIGATOR WANDERING HIS lect vintage dresses, many of find merch to resell.” I think Initially, I supported their de- NEIGHBORHOOD BY USING which I bought online from Gabi is oblivious about how cision because, after my bio- A GARBAGE CAN retailers for several hundred logical father made it clear he dollars each. I reluctantly sold she makes other people feel. wanted nothing to do with me, some on consignment after a What do you think? — TAKEN it made sense to leave it alone. breakup - you know, “out with ABACK IN ALABAMA But now, with my grandpar- GeCHANICAL ENGINEER the old, in with the new.” But ents in failing health, I feel TONY EDWARDS OF SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, I kept ones that were beautiful DEAR TAKEN ABACK: You generously tried to help Gabbi they should know. I just don’t 2 BUILT A RIDING LAWNMOWER works of vintage art. by giving her the dress, but un- know if it would do more harm THAT CAN REACH MORE THAN A friend of mine (I'll call her than good at this point. Please (0 MILES. PER HOUR! vewmstlyazom | “Gabbi”) likes to sew, and I of- less you specified that it was Diatibuted by Andrea Mele! or UES advise. -- THROWN IN KAN- fered her one of the dresses I'd a collectable item and if she SAS been hanging onto, to wear or couldn’t use it you wanted it craft with. I wanted her to turn returned, you shouldn't blame DEAR THROWN: What do it into something meaningful her. From my vantage point, for herself instead of keeping it it seems Gabbi is generously you think you will accomplish by telling Norm’s parents at buried in my closet. trying to help a friend who this point? You have been their SO 2001 Aiply Entrainment ine. Last weekend we had lunch. needs to make some money. wr pocorn core WhenI asked her how it fit or I hope you will let go of your grandchild for four decades. Because their health is precari- ON octoser Il, 202!, what she planned to do with it, disappointment because if you SAMUEL ADAMS ROLLED OUT ous, they may not need to hear she told me she had given it to can’t, you may destroy a valued anything that would upset THE IZ TH VERSION OF ITS someone I don’t know to sell relationship. them. I vote for keeping this UTOPIAS BRAND, A BEER _ on a clothing resale site. I can’t “news” private, as Norm and THAT COSTS Hy y |i\ y help but feel angry. I know I DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, your mother have requested. #240 PER BOTTLE AND i gifted it to Gabbi, but I think a couple of months before my CONTAINS what she did was rude. If she 41st birthday, I found out that Dear Abby is written by Abi- 28 PERCENT ALCOHOL BY had asked me if it was OK to the man who raised me (I'll callgail Van Buren, also known VOLUME, MAKING IT ILLEGAL give it away, I would have asked him “Norm’) is not my biologi- as Jeanne Phillips, and was INI5 STATES. for it back. cal father. Norm is a wonder- founded by her mother, Pau- How do I stop harbor- ful, loving father figure, who line Phillips. Contact Dear ing this feeling? Every time I has made clear that this chang- Abby at www.DearAbby.com or think of her now, I get upset. es nothing between us. P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, rossw ‘The next day, after our lunch, Because this discovery was CA. 90069. 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