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Activities 6 - The Elk City News September 17, 2022 Living At Boyfriend’s House Rine's——-Believe It or Not!/- Requires Dealing With Dad Cre Greasy PYRAMID oF GIZA him I would begin speaking to Dear Abby Instead of continuing to buy things for the house, pay the her the way she speaks to me. IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN man his rent and start sav- Please help. - HARD TO STAY 2.3 MILLION STONE ing for another place to live. If DEAR ABBY: I live with my boyfriend and his father. I your boyfriend can contribute KIND IN MARYLAND BLocKks! moved in two years ago to help to that fund, he can move with them pay bills so they could you. If he’s unwilling or un- DEAR HARD: Stop expecting keep living in the house my able to do that, leave and finda your husband to run interfer- boyfriend grew up in. But the roommate with whom to share ence for you. You both should situation has become unliv- expenses. And be grateful, very have asserted yourselves with able. grateful, you haven't married My boyfriend’s father is into this family and can escape the old biddy years ago. The rude, racist and self-centered. next time she pipes up with a with no entanglements. Move It doesn’t matter that we are on -- the sooner, the better. criticism, tell her you don’t like struggling; he goes out and her rudeness and will no longer spends all his money on guns DEAR ABBY: I have been tolerate it. The next time she and fancy dinners for other happily married for 22 years. grabs you or puts her hands on relatives. Then he complains We have three beautiful chil- you, point out that what she’s about how he’s broke and has dren. We laugh and love a lot. doing is committing assault. TIME PASSES SLOWER FOR no money to help buy things For the past 10 years, I have for the house. He has also Your husband should have put been trying to keep a brave raised our rent because he has face when it comes to my a stop to this when it started, “debt to the IRS,” which has lit- mother-in-law. She makes fun by telling her to leave imme- erally nothing to do with me or of my looks (and my mother’s) diately. At the very least, he myboyfriend. often, and puts me down in should back you up now. The We can’t talk to him without front of my husband. I'm em- longer you continue to silently a big argument breaking out, barrassed, appalled, angry and Crros CAN EAT MORE THAN put up with her abuse, the lon- and I'm at the end of my rope. sad all at the same time. My It’s too expensive to move, husband has told me he talks ger it will continue. TIME FLIES so please, any help or advice to her about this, but nothing 8O POUNDS OF VEGETATION WHEN YUE WHEN YC would be much appreciated. — has changed. It has reached the Dear Abby is written by Abi- EACH NIGHT! UNHAPPY ROOMMATE point that I no longer want to gail Van Buren, also known Distributed by Andrews McMeel for UFS._www.gotomice.com _www.sipleye.com © 2022 Ripley Entertainment ine. be around her. as Jeanne Phillips, and was DEAR ROOMMATE: I hope Tonight at dinner, she you now realize that your grabbed my stomach and told founded by her mother, Pau- line Phillips. Contact Dear Crossword boyfriend's father isn't go- me how fat I was. I adore my ing to change; his nature is husband so, while she has been Abby at www.DearAbby.com or ACROSS fully formed. This rude, self- cruel to me, I have remained P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, 1 Kind of tea centered racist is WHO HE IS. kind to her. 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