October 12, 2022 Issue, Page 6 of 8

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6- The Elk City News Activities October 12, 2022 Husband Refuses To Confront Qeys—-Believe It or Not! Friend Who Assaulted Wife a confrontation with his best For a while, this worked well. Dear Abby friend rather than defend you However, my feelings for men because the friendship is more grew stronger, and trying to DEAR ABBY: My husband's important to him than your best friend groped my privates feelings. From where I sit, that hide from my true self became several years ago at a party. It doesn’t make your husband much harder. Now I can’t stop was traumatizing. I have nev- much of a man. Men who love thinking about being with a er forgotten how abused and their wives do not sit by silent- man. I have even signed up for dirty it made me feel. I told ly when they have been disre- a dating site and flirted with a my husband about it when we spected. few men, although I have nev- got home, but he'd had a lot to You might benefit from er met any of them in person drink and told me I must have because I don’t want to cheat counseling to get beyond this. been imagining things. ‘As time went by, I would Has it occurred to you that on my wife. I don’t know if iPecuno MUSIC IS ONE OF THE LEAST EFFECTIVE GENRES OF MUSIC WHEN occasionally bring it up, espe- YOU should speak up and de- I should tell her I’m gay and IT COMES TO REDUCING BLOOD PRESSURE, cially when we would see this mand an apology from the want to date men, or if] should person. When the #metoo “friend”? If you were being se- continue suppressing my feel- tue AVERAGE movement came into being, it rious when you stated that if ings for the sake of my family. brought out all those memo- your husband won't confront Please help. -- CONFLICTED INMATE AT ries, and I asked my husband this person, you will leave him, IN CALIFORNIA ALCATRAZ READ to confront the man, who re- allow me to offer a word of cau- AROUND 75 TO mains his best friend. He re- tion: Do NOT issue an ultima- DEAR CONFLICTED: You {00 sooxs fuses. tum upon which you are not stated that you and your wife PER YEAR! lam deeply hurt that he still prepared to follow through. thinks I'm imagining things are best friends. You aren't the only person who realized Qn tHE U.S., THE AMOUNT and doesn’t have my back. DEAR ABBY: I have been OF ELECTRICITY USED TO What should I do? Should I later in life that you were gay drop it or give him an ulti- married to a wonderful wom- and knew you had to be true to CHARGE A CELLPHONE matum -- either confront the an for 29 years. We have two yourself. The time has come to EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR friend or I leave? - TORN IN grown children, we are best tell her everything. She may or COSTS LESS THAN $1, TEXAS friends, and our life together may not be shocked by the rev- has been great. Abby, about 10 elation, but she needs to know, Ty Arrows Metiel or UFS, wwngocontcacom wonspbyacom @ 202 Riniy Entertainment nc. 10-12 DEAR TORN: Your husband years ago, I realized I was gay. doesn’t think you are imagin- At first, I tried to ignore my How you both decide to handle Crossword ing things. For him to make feelings and concentrate on this going forward is some- that accusation is called “gas- the commitment I had made to thing only the two of you can lighting.” He prefers to avoid my wife and family. work out. 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