September 6, 2023 Issue, Page 4 of 6

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4- The Elk City News Activities September 6, 2023 Event From Man’s Past GIPLEY’S Believe It or Not! Troubles Current Wife Qrerano’s Curist CHurc CATHEDRAL CONTAINS A CRYPT WHERE A MUMMIFIED CAT "CHASES" A MUMMIFIED RAT. My wife was sexually abused [1's BELIEVED THE DUO RAN INTO AN ORGAN PIPE IN THE Dear Abby DEAR WRESTLING: Your husband was honest with you as a child and is currently be- (850s, secomne TRAPPED. from the beginning of your ing treated for depression. Her DEAR ABBY: Two years be- relationship and has been, I doctor and I have wanted her fore he met me, my husband presume, a faithful partner. to see a psychiatrist, but she of four years did something I ‘As you stated, he was under a absolutely refuses. I've talked feel was morally repugnant: lot of pressure when that hap- to her on several occasions and He solicited a prostitute. When pened. I can’t name one person let her know I'm unhappy with he committed this act, he was who hasn’t made a mistake going through a dark period sometime in the past, includ- how this is affecting our mar- in his life. He was divorcing a ing me. Use some common riage. She seems not to care. woman who had cheated and sense and quit judging your I'm thinking of gettinga sep- An uttra-rare NINTENDO left him for another man, rais- poor husband for his one “slip,” aration. Do you think this is PLAYSTATION PROTOTYPE ing his young son and dealing or PLEASE free him to find a advisable? Or do you have any — THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF A with immense feelings of inse- woman who will appreciate other ideas? I love her dearly SHORT-LIVED [992 curity. him for who he is. and being apart is not what I COLLABORATION BETWEEN He told me all of this while desire. She deserves all my ef- NINTENDO AND Gony — we were dating, and I thought DEAR ABBY: My spouse forts to help her before I just SoLv IN2ZOZO For I would eventually get over it and I are retired. I thought we no longer care and give up. ~ +#200,000. However, almost five years into would spend our retirement FRUSTRATED IN INDIANA our relationship, it still haunts doing things together, but all me and makes me question his she wants to do is sleep. It is DEAR FRUSTRATED: Los- character. I hate that he was ca- not unusual for her to stay in ing interest in things some- Yoner Siarson pable of doing something like bed for two days straight, get- one used to enjoy and sleep- IS ONE OF THE this, regardless of what he was ting up only to use the bath- ing for “two days straight” are MOST DOWNLOADED GPs going through. room and get a drink. She does classic symptoms of SEVERE, VOICES IN THE wot RLD. I have tried therapy, and not help with the housekeep- CHRONIC depression. It may we've tried couples therapy ing or other household chores. have been triggered by her re- -- nothing has helped me to I've asked her why she sleeps tirement, move on. He says this is not the so much. She tells me she Your wife definitely should type of person he is now, but I doesn’t know why. I have gone just can’t seem to separate the with her to her doctors, and be talking to someone. If it’s man who did that awful thing they have run tests. Physically not a psychiatrist, then cer- and the manI fell in love with. there's nothing wrong to ac- tainly a psychologist who Crossword Are some actions so awful that count for all her sleeping. ‘This works with a psychiatrist who they stain a person for the rest leads me to believe she’s tak- will prescribe medications if of their lives? Are we doomed? ing prescription medication to they are needed. 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