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Activities Wednesday, April 15, 2020 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Page 7 Woman with new boyfriend Qines——-Believe It or Not/- keeps neighbor up at night Wo HELP AGE _QUARK, Dear Abby note explaining the problem parents someday, but I don’t and ask if there is anything know how to approach it. I HEESE WriH THE MITES DEAR ABBY: I live in she can do to muffle the feel overwhelmed just think- STILL ON THE RIND — IT'S CALLED: a densely populated luxury sounds you are hearing. (It ing about it, Please help. ~ high-rise apartment building might be something as sim- SOCIALLY ANXIOUS in a busy downtown neigh- ple as moving her bed away borhood that has a diverse from the wall or placing mix of residents. I have lived it against a different one.) DEAR SOCIALLY ANX- here for four years and have However, if she’s uncooper- IOUS: I hope you are re- never really had many is- ative, as a last resort, do dis- ceiving professional help sues, until recently. cuss your problem with the for your social anxiety. You My next-door neighbor building manager. I assure should not approach meeting works in the medical field you, it won’t be the first time your partner’s parents with a that at times has very late or he or she has heard some- early hours associated with thing like this, or the last. negative attitude. Smile, put it. I also work in a field that your best foot forward and has odd hours, so I am em- DEAR ABBY: I suffer try to make a good impres- pathetic. My issue is, she from a moderate to severe sion. has a new boyfriend she is case of social anxiety. I’m Keep in mind that this is intimate with anywhere be- now in my first relationship not a performance review, TER AN ACCIDENTAL “SS tween 2 and 4 a.m. I am a with a partner who tends to INJURY WHEN SHE WAS BORN, a professor you need to give light sleeper and get awak- move fast, and whose par- ened by their sessions to- ents have recently been ask- you a good grade or any- “THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER one in authority. They are ONE_Edy gether. I can hear her voice ing to meet me. This has TMI and at times, jostling of fur- caused tension in our rela- parents of a son whose past THE Tor OF HER HEADY =— FEET, KNEES, CHEST AND HEAD WHILE WALKING 50 MILES ACRosS FROZEN niture. judgment about partners tionship as well as in his re- oe ae LAKE BAIKAL, SIBERIA . I have thought about tell- lationship with his parents. may have been less than stel- ing the building manage- Because of some past lar, and of course they have Crossw ment, but it would be obvi- experiences with previous concerns. ous that the complaint would partners, his parents have have come from me, and I preconceived notions about It would be nice if they ACROSS don’t want that. I also don’t me, which makes me feel all thought the moon rose and 1 Lama’s role PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED set on you, but if they don’t, model want to cause embarrass- the more reluctant to meet 7 Explain further Z\A|P E/A/G|L|E MCL |O|P ment to either of us. How them. I don’t like feeling will it affect your relation- 10 Cough syrup E|X|A|MBS|P|R|1|GHRRIU/BIE can I address this delicately, vulnerable, especially with ship with your partner? If the meas. 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