April 6, 2022 Issue, Page 6 of 8

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Activities April 6, 2022 Friend traumatized after Rneys—-Believe It or Not! woman’s shocking murder which I'm OK with. I previous- Dear Abby DEAR BESIDE MYSELF: I ly went through a nasty, con- am so sorry for your friend’s tentious divorce. It was finan- DEAR ABBY: A dear friend untimely and tragic death. I have known since we were Clearly, it was shocking and cially devastating. My ex still children was murdered. She traumatizing for everyone brings me back to court every was lovely in every way, and I she left behind. You are not year in an attempt to increase am bereft. I cannot process my obligated to satisfy the curi- her support, which is a painful grief over her untimely passing osity of anyone about the “de- process. because it was accompanied by tails.” (There is no limit to the such trauma, amount of curiosity something Lizzie would like us to get Images of her murder flash like this can generate.) All you married, primarily for finan- through my mind, especially have to say is you do not wish cial stability. I am resistant a eel at night while I'm trying to go to discuss it. Period! because I do not want the fi- Waue CAUSE OF A 7 fon to sleep. They also wake me up Although you didn’t men- nancial exposure of another di- COLLaPsep ZO-FOoT-TALL |? \ €.%4 J in the morning. Talking about tion how long it has been since TRAFFIC LIGHT IN SUZUKA, r you lost your friend, because it vorce. However, this situation SAPAN, IN ZOZI TURNED OUT 5“Guus se q it makes it worse because it revives the horror, and also be- is causing you to have night- creates an inequality in our TO BE AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER cause people want to know de- mares, please discuss this with relationship. Can I address her OF DOGS URINATING ON wal: tails as though it is just a story. a licensed mental health pro- concern without marrying her, _ THE POLE, ERODING I feel it is disrespectful to her fessional. It may be painful, or are we doomed? -- SCARED THE METAL. memory and my affection for but it’s the most effective way her to reduce it to that. to work through this. OF COURT IN CALIFORNIA Pm usually a resourceful per- son, but I have no road map DEAR ABBY: I have been DEAR SCARED: This is a for this. It is of considerable dating my partner, “Lizzie,” question you should address relief that her killer was found, for five years. We are both Durie THE but the details revealed by the with your attorney. There divorced and have created a ROARING TWENTIES, IT WAS media have added to my trau- blended family of six children are ways you can ensure that FASHIONABLE FOR WOMEN TO Lizzie will be taken care of in PAINT FLOWERS, SCENES, AND ma. I have had friends die at (four are hers; two are mine). Ass EVEN FACES ONTO THEIR even younger ages from other I'm within 10 years of retire- the event of your death or in- causes, but not this. 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