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Activities 6- The Elk City News June 22, 2022 Man’s history as abuse victim Qineys—-Believe It or Notl impacts marriage Seence rrovisy Euuiors Tauwer GRADUATED FROM his other relationships have wouldn’t speak to her. THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Dear Abby ended because they were “cra- Elyse and her husband later IN May ZOZZ witH A BACHELOR'S zy, stupid, fat, unfaithful ...” I announced they were adopting DEGREE IN PHYSICS AND A MINOR IN DEAR ABBY: My husband don’t want to give up on him. a baby. Randy visited me alone MATHEMATICS AT THE AGE OF [3B was forced into sex at the age Please help. -- PATIENT WIFE six months later, and I sug- AND PLANG TO START A DOCTORAL of 12 by an older female. He IN FLORIDA gested, without success, that has expressed how humiliat- he put this aside until after ed he felt and that he made it the adoption. During the adop- DEAR WIFE: Talking to your tion, she became pregnant and his mission to never feel in- husband must be like talkingto had a second child. Randy still adequate again. He gets his a wall. Solid marriages are built hasn't seen or talked with her Wwe RENOVATING THEIR HOME, THE “lmowledge” of satisfying a on trust and good communica- or his niece and nephew. Our JONES FAMILY OF woman through porn. I have tion, and your husband seems relationship has deteriorated CrystAt LAKE, ILLINOIS, tried to explain to him that capable of neither. I admire since. DISCOVERED A @B-YEAR-OLD what he’s seeing is only a per- your perseverance, The fact Randy and Elyse tried a me- MCDONALD'S TAKEOUT BAG INA formance put on for the male that he may have never had diator last year, again without WALL, CONTAINING HAMBURGER viewer. WRAPPERS AND GOME SURPRISINGLY counseling to deal with what success, (I should mention he WELL-PRESERVED FRIES, Thave tried more than once he went through as a child is doesn’t speak with his mother, to show him what really makes regrettable. It could help even either.) He has dodged any fur- a woman “tick,” but he insists ther discussion about the sit- now. uation. I'm at a loss. We were I don’t know what I'm talking A licensed sex therapist about and that I'm lying to might be able to help your all so close, and I miss him, but him! I have tried every gentle husband see that you are not I can't accept his actions any- approach to avoid hurting his lying to him when you tell him more. Any suggestions? -- UN- feelings. I know from family that what pleases one wom- CLE IN PAIN members’ comments about his an might not please another. tue LARGEST bedroom having been a “re- If you can’t make him under- DEAR UNCLE: In some fam- SEISMIC OUTBURST volving door” for women that stand what makes you “tick,” ilies, blood is thicker than wa- RECORDED IN ANTARCTICA he probably didn’t use much then cross your fingers and ter. Your nephew appears to IN hope the therapist can get the feel that money is thicker than discernment in his past. message across. 85,000 eartHQuAkes. How can I move forward blood. As much as you might TRIGGERED BY A LONG-DORMANT when I feel like he’s stuck in DEAR ABBY: My 40-year-old wish him. to do it, you can’t change Because his unwillingness UNDERWATER VOLCANO, the past? I know being sexually nephew, “Randy,” hasn’t spo- abused causes all kinds oftrau- ken with his sister, “Elyse,” in to relent is causing you pain, ma. He insists he’s over it, but five years because of a disagree- limit your interactions with Crossword his actions tell me otherwise. ment about the resolution of him and maintain your rela- T'm pretty sure I’m not his first tionship with Elyse, the chil- their father’s trust. When they unsatisfied partner because all visited me four years ago, he dren and Randy's mother. ACROSS 1 Dreadful enek eee 1[V{L/S HR ON| A/T BN| 3 /alS T Oey Gatey (Die ty ances chee! 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