January 4, 2023 Issue, Page 6 of 8

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6- The Elk City News Activities January 4, 2023 Husband’s Annual Excursion QIPLEY’S Believe It orr Not!’ Doesn’t Play Well At Home ee Ganava STILL HAS 91% oF THE BOREAL FOREST COVERAGE attractive, professional woman Dear Abby DEAR LEFT BEHIND: You my wife and I both like. How- THAT EXISTED AT THE START OF are not a “burden.” You are ever, he just told us she insists EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT! DEAR ABBY: My husband shouldering the entire respon- upon bringing her parents on and I have been married nine sibility of caring for the family the honeymoon. Her parents years and have four children, while he goes off and indulges feel strongly that they should ages 5, 3, 2 and 9 months. himself, If this trip is your hus- go, even to the extent of argu- For the past three years, my husband has been attend- band’s one-week escape from ing with Samuel about it. Ihave ing a weeklong music festival reality, is he willing to agree to never heard of anything like where he camps with a group the same for you? I'm sure you this. His fiancee is 28 years old. of friends, many of whom are could benefit from a week away T'm very wary about it. What Wuen PLANTS ARE single. He met most of them from mothering three small advice would you give him? — STRESSED, THEY PRODUCE THEIR OWN attending this particular fest. children and an infant. CROWDED HONEYMOON asriniul When they are at these While I would equate your shows, they partake in psyche- husband's escape to the music DEAR CROWDED: Unless delics and other party drugs. festival with the hunting and Samuel and his fiancee have fishing trips some husbands PDI, ‘The arena is wild, with scantily been living together for a long clad women and people par- take each year, the difference time and he’s very close to her tying to the fullest. I have ex- is that there are fewer “temp- family, the advice I would give plained to him how this both- tations” on those other out- HIM would be to have plenty = aque B Bosse ers me and that I don't believe door pastimes. If he’s a good of PREMARITAL COUNSEL- A LEGENDARY it’s the best environment for a husband the other 51 weeks of ING before he marches down GRIZZLY BEAR LIVING IN married man and father of four the year, and there is nothing the aisle. There's likely more Canava's BANFF you can do to dissuade him, than one issue that should be NATIONAL PARK, HAS small children. I feel it threat- SURVIVED BEING HIT ens our marriage. He says Ican then dwell on the positive. If ironed out before any vows are BY A TRAIN AND “come if I want,” but that I'd he isn’t, you may have some exchanged, and it would help HAS FATHERED need to find child care for the serious thinking to do about to avert disagreements that AROUND 7O% oF week (an option we don’t have whether you want to remain in could cause problems after the THE CUBS IN HIS wedding. REGION! since losing our parents). this marriage. In truth, I feel like a burden to him, and he prefers going DEAR ABBY: My wife and I Dear Abby is written by Ab- Crossw solo to “get a release” from the have assisted a local youngster igail Van Buren, also known weryday responsibilities of who was abandoned at birth as Jeanne Phillips, and was kc him not to go, but he d re. We helped him finish col- line Phillips. Contact Dear ; ate your insight about this. ~ Here's the problem: “Samu- P.O. 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