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Activities 4 - The Elk City News September 16, 2023 Sister Keeps New Romance A @IPLEY’S Believe It or Not! Secret For Some Reason drome. He is high functioning, WuAattaA Layover! Dear Abby very intelligent and has a great was in the bedroom, He was in the den, one room away. The Wer Sianeuo oF CHINA DEAR ABBY: My sister likes work ethic. He still lives at spell lasted at least 30 min- HAS LIVED IN TERMINAL 2 home, and I have noticed that utes, Not once did he come in OF THE BEWING CAPITAL a childhood friend of ours and is hiding the fact that they he “must” touch his mother to check on me, ask ifI needed AIRPORT FOR THE LAST are together, even though ev- every day. There are times he anything, etc. It was as if we (5 years! eryone in the family already stands behind her and strokes weren't in the same house. Af- (x 202s, knows they are living together. her hair and rubs her neck and ter about half an hour, he did Lean WILLIAMS, She clearly doesn’t want me to shoulders. I think it’s odd and, come in and said: “What do AN AIRLINE PASSENGER know, and always finds a way to be honest, it kind of bothers you wanna do this afternoon?” WITH A NUT ALLERGY, to not be truthful with me. me. It’s not a jealousy thing, it erent 4185 on just strikes me as creepy. It really irked me. Am I making 48 Peanut PACKS This guy and I were friends, but whatever my sister said to I don’t think a 24-year-old too much of this? -- IRKED IN ENSURING NONE WERE him made him cut our friend- should be caressing his mother THE SOUTH OPENED DURING THE ship off. I'm hurt that she that way. She doesn’t think it’s FLIGHT! needs to lie to me about their wrong, and when I mentioned DEAR IRKED: Your hus- relationship, because it doesn’t it to her, she became offended. band may be “wonderful,” but 1 matter to me. I'm happy she I know I may be wrong, and I he also appears to be a tad Qn ZOIS, Invia’s Cocuin INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BECAME THE try to understand that it may has found someone who makes INSENSITIVE. He may have WORLD'S FIRST FULLY GUN~POWERED AIRPORT, FUELED BY her happy. She even has our be part of his Asperger's. Am I thought that as long as you 46,000 solar PANELS, mom covering for her. Should I off base? Help me understand. were coughing, you were still say something, or just let it be? -- CREEPED OUT IN INDIANA breathing and didn't need his ~HURTFULAND SAD SISTER DEAR CREEPED OUT: help. Because his failure to DEAR HURTFUL: Did you What you are describing isn't grasp the seriousness of your ever scandalous. It could simply be and your sister’s boyfriend predicament irked you, take have a romantic relationship? gestures of affection. Because the precaution of telling him If the answer is yes, it may your wife isn’t bothered by it, ~- BEFORE your next coughing explain your sister's strange I suggest you calm down and fit how you would like him to behavior and your mother’s stop reading more into it than respond, and why. willingness to cover for her. there may be. Crossword Because the cat is out of the Dear Abby is written by Abi- bag and “everyone” knows the DEAR ABBY: I have been gail Van Buren, also. known ACROSS truth, I see no reason why you married to a wonderful, gener- as Jeanne Phillips, and was 1 Brag shouldn't talk to your sister ous man for 33 years. Every- 5 Square one S|M|3 al and clear the air. When you do,thing is great except for one founded by her mother, Pau- 10 Jazz singing wish them well. thing. I have COPD. He's sym- line Phillips. Contact Dear 14 Fabled racer L|O|N s pathetic, but it goes only so far. 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