April 12, 2019 Issue, Page 9 of 14

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Activities Drunk friend spills the beans Rimey's——-Believe It or Not! on cause of parents’ separation there is usually areason, and discard the only attention our those reasons can vary from kids get from their grandpar- couple to couple. It’s possible ents. What is the right thing that your parents, who under- DEAR ABBY: My parents standably don’t want to relive to do? -- NO MORE GIFTS IN were separated for four that painful chapter, were CALIFORNIA prea paryenitein hish having problems before the id colege: It we affair began. What is impor- . an incredibly difficulttime, tant now's that your family is DEARNO MORE GIFTS: and it strained my relation- ack together. Because you have made your ship with my dad. Iwastold “My advice is to allow them _ Wishes known to the grand- they had “grown apart” but their privacy. However, ifyou parents and they are ignored, got back together, although feel youcannot do that, then —_ you and your children should we never discuss the reason _e]] them TOGETHER what. thank them for their gifts forit. your sister’s friend told you. Iwas out with my sister’s --and you should continue friends last night, and one of DEAR ABBY: I was repurposing items that are them got drunk and told me wondering what the rule of too large for your dwelling or QN tHE oven OCEAN. the reason my parents split etiquette is when it comes to unusable. Do not feel guilty TSUNAMI CAN TRAVEL — up was Dad had been seeing unwanted children’s gifts. It’s for doing so because someone be FAST AS n JET PLANE / another woman and ac- one thing if my husband and cidentally texted my sister receive gifts we don’t want _&!Se may be better able to put instead of this other woman, and getridof them, but I'm _them to use. a verge i my family not sure what to do with gifts Distributed by Andrews McMeel for UFS. mew about it! for our kids. : Dad and I barely saw We live in a small apart- DEAR ABEY Lzeoontly each other or spoke about ment and sometimes get played both sides during a the separation, and we are Jarge-ticket items we don’t sticky and challenging time. finally in a good place. 'm have room for. We've asked Now Ihave a friend who is re- hurt that he intentionally did our family to keep the items ally upset with me, and I don’t something that broke up my small, but some of them ig- know what to do. I thought family. It wasn’t something nore our request. A few times that justhappened because we've soldthe items and put 1 Was doing the right thing, they drifted apart. the money into our child’s but in my effort to not hurt a a Tdon’t want to ask my bank account. But we aren’t my friend, I have done more sister and bring up pain- _sure that is the best way. damage. Tin not sure this can Craotse { EHR ful memories for her. My ‘Also, what do we do when parents have never talked family sends our children be repaired. What shouldI WERE USED IN “THE LATE [7005 AS AN ATTEMPT “To about their separation since stuffwe don’t want them to Ot MESIED UP IN MIN- 1 RESUSCITATE DROWNING VICTIMS. they got back together. What have? Some may be inappro- a should Ido?-- MIXED-UP _priate, broken or junk. 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