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July 15, 2023 Activities The Elk City News - 5 Friend Becomes Angry After GIPLEY’S Believe It or Not! Learning Truth Of His Past to driving issues. Dear Abby there for him? — TRUE BLUE IN WASHINGTON Is it our responsibility to Bryan Jounson, DEAR TRUE BLUE: AYS-YEAR-OLD DEAR ABBY: A friend of make travel accommodations Your friend is going through a ‘TECH MILLIONAIRE, IS SPENDING many years, “Adam,” no longer lot right now, and is rightfully for all of the guests? It would $2 MILLION & YEAR IN AN speaks to me. We met in high angry that his birth mother re- eliminate four more of our our ATTEMPT TO SLOW AND REVERSE THE AGING OF school and were involved in band, debate club and other jected his effort to connect. He daughter’s friends. It’s Jes- EA HIS BODY TO THAT OF activities together. He recently is hurt and looking for some- sica’s day, and I think it should AN [B-YEAR-OLD. discovered through a genealo- where to transfer his anger. involve people she would like gy site that he was adopted and You shouldn't be blamed for to be there, not who her father Ulumane may not HAVE neither of his parents were his not reacting to something you wants there. We had our wed- REACHED MAXIMUM LIFE SPAN: A RECENT STUDY BY THE birth parents. ‘The site led him were in the dark about. But un- ding -- this should be about her University oF Georcia to clues about other biological til Adam is ready to recognize that fact and patch things up, and her fiance. I’m at my wits’ SUGGESTS HUMANS COULD LIVE relatives, and he eventually Bevonr (ZO! reached his birth mother, who nothing you can do will fix this. end. Please help. -- WEDDING rejected his efforts to talk to My advice is to sit tight for WOES IN PENNSYLVANIA. her. now. I recently learned about this from another high school DEAR ABBY: My daughter, DEAR WEDDING WOES: friend. When 1 contacted “Jessica,” is getting married. Your husband is a handful. As ‘Adam, he responded with hos- My husband offered to pay for it stands, he has hijacked your tility, stating that I am no lon- most of the wedding. Jessica daughter's wedding with his ger his friend because I didn’t and her fiance happily accepted checkbook. Jessica and her fi- reach out when he was going the offer. My husband is now ance should thank her father RUS through all this. But I didn’t insisting that all of HIS aunts, SINOCANADORUM DINOSAUR HAD A KNOW at the time. I cannot uncles and cousins be invited, for his generous offer and NECK THAT MEASURED ALMOST SURE, GRANDPA... locate any voice messages, which means that Jessica and refuse it. If she doesn’t, the 5O FEET LONG — SIX TIMES LET'S GET You TO BED, emails, texts, etc. showing that her fiance will have to elimi- event will no longer be their LONGER THAN A GIRAFFE'S! nate nearly all of their friends Distribute by Androws Mees or UES. wom gocomicacom winaileracom ©2029 Rniay Entersinmentine. 7-19 Hf he shared with me the details wedding, but her father’s fam- of what happened. from the guest list. Note: None ily reunion. I live in a different part of of MY aunts, uncles or cousins Crosswo' the country now. Ihave offered are invited, but I am OK with If Dad refuses to go, you defi- to travel to visit him. I also of- that. nitely should be there standing ACROSS fered to talk on the phone, but My husband is now threat- with the bridal couple. There 1 Barge Current puzzle answers Tve received only aggressive ening not to attend the wed- are worse things than having a 5 Singing group L|S/N|GRM LIN INE! and bitter responses. 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