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Activities November 20, 2021 Substance abuse pits family ney's-Believe It or Not! members against each other st A anRE cSI ee in families. I suspect that the first marriage, even the slight- Dear Abby person your father hates is est noise when eating would TA FLY-IN EVENT IN himself, and that he saw a lot upset my ex-wife, andI think it SEPTEMBER ZOZI, DEAR ABBY: I'm a 35-year- of himself in you while you would be unfair for me to have old woman whose father re- were using, That you are now the same pet peeve. 20-YEAR-OLD fuses to get along with me no sober is a constant reminder of ‘This may seem like I’m overly VIETNAM VETERAN matter how hard I try. Our re- what a failure he is, which may sensitive, but her slurping and CLYDE BRIDGER OF lationship was always strained be why he treats you the way heavy breathing every time OCONTO, WISCONSIN, aoe to the alcoholism he has he does, led with since my child- While counseling for him she takes a bite, even with dry food, is making dinner time STEPPED SACK INTO hood’ made worse by the fact may be out, it doesn’t mean THE COCKPIT OF A uncomfortable for me. I have that I became an addict. I've that you couldn’t benefit from pointed it out in a casual way, 1-33 FIGHTER SET been in recovery for a while, it. Please consider it. Although but it seems she is unaware of AND PERFORMED A it won't make your father love and I'm clean and sober now. you, it may help you to handle just how loudly she is eating. FLYOVER. He and my mother took guardianship of my two sons, his unpleasantness more effec- What can I do to reach a com- ages 12 and 7, because my tively. Once you have accumu- promise on this? - UNCOM- Qn octoser 2021, disease rendered me unable lated more clean time, regain- FORTABLE DINER to care for them at that time. ing custody of your children COLORADO WILDLIFE I have mentioned getting my may become a viable option, DEAR DINER: While your OFFICIALS WERE FINALLY kids back after I acquire more and something to discuss with sensitivity to this might be ABLE TO FREE A clean time; neither of my par- a lawyer at that time. related to the problems you had with your first wife, be- BULL ELK ents wants that. I know Dad resents me deeply, both be- DEAR ABBY: My wife has cause this is a recent change in THAT HAD cause he has my kids and also started slurping her food at your current wife's behavior, it SPENT AT because of my addiction. dinner. I think it started after should be checked out by her IfI can forgive him for what we returned from a vacation doctor. I am less concerned LEAST his alcoholism has put me three months ago. I’m con- about her “slurping” than through, why can’t he forgive vinced she didn’t do it before about the labored breathing me? I don’t understand why then because we have taken a you described when your wife ITS NECK, STATE We FLAG ieNeeWAS he has to hate me. Believe me, couple of vacations recently is eating. : IN 1927 he HATES me! I just want him where it would have been no- to treat me the same way he ticeable because of the quiet, BY A SEVENTH- treats my older brother and intimate places in which we Dear Abby is written by Abi- GRADER FROM AN sister. I need help with this dined. gail Van Buren, also known Because of the COVID quar- as Jeanne Phillips, and was ORPHANAGE IN situation. Counseling is not an option; I know he wil refuse. — antine, I realize that tensions founded by her mother, Pau- SEWARD, ALASKA, HURTING IN MICHIGAN can be heightened, and I have line Phillips. Contact Dear 13-YEAR-OLD tried not to make too much of Abby at www.DearAbby.com or BO. 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