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6 - The Beckham County Record March 8, 2023 Woman’s Lies And Sexting Put GIPLEY’S Believe It or Not! Marriage On The Brink DEAR LOST: Has your wife dementia, my siblings make a Dear Abby always been this way, or is this lot of effort to spend time with behavior something new? She DEAR ABBY: I found out to- seems to be severely allergic her. I refuse to have anything day that my wife was sexting to the truth. By all means, at- to do with her. My sisters say with a man in another state. tempt marriage counseling if I should make amends because His girlfriend sent me a mes- she is willing. However, if she she won't live forever. I have sage, which included a series of isn’t willing, have some coun- made my peace with it all, and screenshots. I had confronted seling without her. And start I'm fine without what I never my wife regarding this prior interviewing attorneys to rep- had. to receiving the messages, but she swore she had sent only resent you in what is likely to My siblings think I should be a divorce. Without trust, Waren "Were AL” wrote ONE topless photo and noth- there can be no marriage. “just get over it” because she "| Want A New Duck” “TRADITION IN WHICH (©2023 Ripley Entertainment Inc. can't remember anything. BEEKEEPERS INFORM ing else. After I reviewed the PS. Save those messages and INIOGS, HE WENT TO THEIR HIVES OF messages, I saw much more. images the girlfriend sent you Because she can’t remember THE LIBRARY AND FAMILY NEWS, She claims “she doesn’t re- because they could come in doesn’t negate the fact that it ESPECIALLY DEATHS, member everything,” which handy. happened. I’ve had a fantastic RESEARCHED DUCKS OTHERWISE THE SUPERSTITION ( find hard to believe. Worse, FOR A WEEK! IS THAT THE BEES WILL life and family without her be- STOP MAKING HONEY! they had planned to meet. She DEAR ABBY: I’m 59 and the ing part of it. I'm truly happy. Distributed by Androws MeMee! for UFS. claims she didn’t, but I saw oldest of four children, When a message saying that once I we were kids, our parents were Am I wrong for standing strong went back home (we were vis- raging alcoholics. They smoked on my decision? - RESOLUTE iting her parents), she would pot and were barely function- IN FLORIDA stay an extra week with our ing adults. As the oldest, I was son so he could “spend more tasked with caring for and rais- DEAR RESOLUTE: Because Some BABY ELEPHANT time with the grandparents” ing the other three, which I did your mother can no longer SEALS WILL NURSE FROM - and she could maneuver to to protect them from my par- remember what a failure she MULTIPLE MOTHERS AND meet up with him. She claims ents’ nonsense. she didn’t, but I can’t believe We were never close to our was as a parent doesn’t mean GROW MASSIVE, EARNING her based upon her lying re- parents. Our father passed you must magically forget. She THEM THE TITLE peatedly about this. some years ago, which left our has reached a point where she "SUPER WEANERS.” 3-8 We have a child together, so mom, who continued to live is beyond any help you can —! { don’t want to walk away, but her booze-filled life. She was give her. Now it’s time to take ('m deeply hurt and no longer a terrible mother. She never care of yourself. If you feel it’s Crossw trust her. I know you will rec- protected us from my father's ommend marriage counseling, verbal and physical abuse. 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