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Activities 4 - The Elk City News September 2, 2023 Couple’s Trip To Visit @IPLEY’S Believe /t or Not! Relatives Hits A Snag for you any conversations he our home. My husband, thank- Dear Abby has with his brother and the fully, understands my posi- girlfriend in which you are tion. We both have spoken to DEAR ABBY: I have been present. (This is time-consum- his mother several times, to married to my husband for 23 ing, hard work!) Second, you no avail. I've reached the end MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING years. We are both originally will be free to take excursions of my rope, and I'm asking for AFTER FINDING & HIGHLY from Europe. He hasn't seen VENOMOUS COBRA HIDING UNDER his brother in 25 years, so we on your own if you wish, so you any advice you may have as to HIS SEAT. AFTER NEARLY TWO aren't trapped the entire time are planning to go on vaca- how to handle this awkward DAYS OF SEARCHING THE PLANE, listening to conversations that THE GNAKE WAS NEVER FOUND! tion near where his brother is situation. - ROUGH WATERS currently living with his girl- are Greek to you. IN PENNSYLVANIA friend. My husband will pay Give it a try, and you may for them, as they can’t afford a be pleasantly surprised to find DEAR ROUGH WATERS: trip, and they'll be staying with you like your brother-in-law Because you can’t change your us for two or three days. and his lady friend, If it turns mother-in-law, the most direct My dilemma: My husband out you don’t, you do not have way to handle this would be to 1D}OCKERS expects us ALL to share a two- to go along on your husband's INCREASED THE bedroom hotel suite. Abby, I next visit, which may not hap- tell her that her confidences \ SIZE OF THEIR COIN do not know these people. I’m pen for another quarter of a have made you uncomfortable, POCKETS TO anxious about sharing a suite century. and you don’t want to hear ACCOMMODATE with people I have never met another word about her physi- THE GROWING SIZE OF and with whom I do not share DEAR ABBY: My husband cal attraction to the cleric. I SMARTPHONES. a common language. and I have been together for six assume your father-in-law is hae ne I have expressed my unease years. Until about 18 months aware of all this? If not, she ce = TFC ASTAHO to my husband and asked if we ago, my mother-in-law and I should inform HIM. could have two separate hotel got along swimmingly. Unfor- I will further assume that rooms. He was very upset at tunately, that relationship has because your in-laws are fam- Gn 2007, Wim Hor surviver BEING OUTDOORS AT THE become troubled. The cause is NorTH POLe WHILE WEARING NOTHING BUT SHORTS FOR my suggestion and said it will ily, you don't plan to ask them 72 minutes! cost him more to arrange two her deep involvement with her to move. Putting an end to her rooms. He now wants to cancel church, indoctrinating our tod- attempts to indoctrinate your Distrib by Andrus Meteo fo, UES, wnzgocomica.com wanipeyecom ©2029 Rply Eneninmentinc. 9-2.J the trip due to my “selfishness.” dler with her religious beliefs Am I being unreasonable? — and, finally, (ironically) her toddler is as easy as hiring a Crossword deep physical attraction to her babysitter. NERVOUS IN NEW YORK priest. She believes this last Dear Abby is written by Abi- gail Van Buren, also known ACROSS DEAR NERVOUS: Because topic is acceptable to confide 1 Round of Current puzzle answers your husband feels he cannot to me. 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