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December 6, 2023 Activities ‘The Elk City News - 5 Parents Upset By Daughter’s _RIPLEY’s Believe It or Not! Opaque And Dodgy Love Life Tue Swiss CANTON oF | with her is now very strained. FRIBOURG OFFERS Dear Abby We told her to live her life $11,000 Caribbean cruise. His 22-year-old son was not that {OO BoTTLes OF WINE but not to bring these women enthusiastic. We invited him to TO RESIDENTS ON THEIR DEAR ABBY: Three days be- around. Since then, she has (OOTH BIRTHDAY. fore my daughter “Ginger's” chosen to stay away. We miss join us for dinner, shows or to wedding, her fiance called to play games, but the majority of announce that he could not our daughter but are not will- the time he refused. The only marry her because she’s bisex- ing to accept this behavior. time he'd join us was for events ual. It's something he knew We don’t think Ginger is even that were paid for in advance. about for a year but waited un- trying to gain back our trust. til three days before the wed- Please give us your best advice. He called his mom, grand- ding to mention. -- LOST IN LOUISIANA mother and girlfriend every Needless to say, my husband night, but not once did he call and I were shocked, embar- DEAR LOST: Has it occurred his father’s mother. To me, it Serer SURVIVING rassed and devastated. We had to you that your daughter may seems like he’s not interested SS ASSASSINATION gone to a wedding with Ginger be a lesbian who tried to ap- in his father, grandma or me. 1 ATTEMPTS, ALBANIA'S and her fiance the Saturday pease you and her father by ‘The moment we arrived home Kine Zoe I viev in (9Gl aT OS before her wedding date, and claiming to be bisexual? It is a from vacation, he bolted out OF AN UNSPECIFIED CONDITION. they were excited about their blessing to all concerned that the door to meet his girlfriend own wedding, talking about the wedding was canceled. the home they were building and slept at his mom's house. If you're a regular and about having a baby. By reader of my column, you sure- What can I do to bring this Boserr O'Connor the following Wednesday, it ly must be aware that some family together? -- SOCIAL DI- oF ELyriA, Oulo, was over! She has reimbursed women have dysfunctional SASTER BOASTS A COLLECTION OF us for half of our expenses for “manpickers.” In your daugh- DEAR SOCIAL DISASTER: "GHOSTBUSTERS" MEMORABILIA — the wedding. ter's case, she’s having the Although at 22 your boy- SIGNED LPS, ACTION FIGURES, Ginger has since been in- same problem choosing her friend’s son is legally an adult, PRODUCTION PROPS AND MORE — volved mostly with women female partners. Rejecting her he didn’t act like one on that THAT'S OVER who have stolen from her, because you don’t want “those (ZOO Pieces stRONG! women” around is not the solu- trip. In fact, he demonstrated treated her badly and lied to her. We no longer trust our tion to her problem. Instead, that he was uninterested and suggest she seek counseling at didn’t want to interact with his daughter because we thought the nearest LGBTQ communi- she was happily engaged, but ty center so she won't continue father or with you. It is nice of Crossword she lied when she told us how seeking love in all the wrong you to want to bring him and happy she was and how great places, his dad closer, but it’s time for ACROSS she and her fiance got along. you to step back and let them 1 Stir up sediment We cannot accept the current DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend work it out. 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