October 19, 2022 Issue, Page 6 of 8

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6- The Elk City News Activities October 19, 2022 Boyfriend Less Than Thrilled i ag It or Not! With Woman’s Spiritual Adviser Qn 08d, tHe eet PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DEAR MYSTIFIED: Because kindled his strained relation- CELLPHONES WENT ON Dear Abby this woman is your “longtime” ship with our daughter and is SALE IN THE U.S, girlfriend, you have the right attempting to rekindle ours as FOR ALMOST DEAR ABBY: My longtime to make your feelings about well. We are currently co-par- #4,000 eacu. ©2022 Ripley Entertainment Inc. girlfriend has male friends who the arrangement known. If you visit her during the day while I weren't comfortable with the enting and call each other am gone for about a week each idea of her entertaining a di- friends, but he wants more. month. I know them, they are vorced single man overnight in I have forgiven him for the interesting people, and I’m OK your absence, you should have past hurt and betrayals, but with that. She now has a friend said so from the beginning. I can’t forget the pain. I can’t who is a faith-based healer - Whether the two of them are help but be afraid that if I let something she gravitates to- sexually involved is beside the him back into my life roman- ward. point. If she cares about your tically, history will repeat it- He lives three hours away, feelings, she should respect self. Should I let go of the past and when he visits, he stays them. However, if she doesn’t, and give him another chance, overnight. I met him recently. then it may be time for you to or continue to co-parent and He’s there now while I am two find another girlfriend. states away. He does hands- keep him in the friend zone? MicHagt SORDAN trainer witn -- FORGIVEN BUT NOT FOR- on healing with her and oth- DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband STROBE LIGHTS ON SO HE er people she introduces him and I met in 2006, had a beau- GOTTEN WOULDN'T BE DISTRACTED BY CAMERA to. He goes in the water every tiful daughter in 2007, mar- FLAGHES DURING A REAL GAME! day of the year, and now my ried in 2010 and divorced in DEAR FORGIVEN: I suggest girlfriend does, too, usually 2013. He was honest with me you attend some meetings of very early in the morning. Pre- about being a recovering ad- Nar-Anon (nar-anon.org), an 4 sumably, they do this together dict (drugs and alcohol) when organization founded to help THE WoRLD while I am away. Maybe he goes we met. Our first few years friends and family affected by WASTES ABOUT in naked; she would consider together were great. Howev- someone else’s addiction. If that natural. [ BILLION TONS er, he fell off the wagon after you do, it will give you added OF FOOD She told me to not worry the wedding and started using insight. Addicts in recovery about the overnights and the drugs and drinking again. It have been known to fall off EACH YEAR, hands-on healing because “he quickly spiraled out of control, and I refused to raise our young the wagon, as you well know. is a man of God.” I told her it doesn’t make any difference. daughter in that environment. My question for you is, are you He is divorced and single. Am I He continued in his addic- strong enough to go through Crossword being a dope to let this happen tions for seven years after our it again should the need arise? without making a strong objec- divorce. He became clean and No one else can answer that tion? —- MYSTIFIED IN MAINE sober again in 2019, has re- question for you. ACROSS 1 Travel 5 eogurnent ERS SRE MEEMS IVIERE ALLIGATORS, 3 Pieve of land IIMCIE FING EP Na 1 SAID SOMETIMES 14 Actor — VITIAIHBS| 1 V/GRSIN| |e IM THEY WERE qe Gael ws ASMP) ESEEMNCK AUEGORICAL, 16 Enthusiastic av EJEIENe) _ (elk ae | 17 Sand, silt and PASIMZEIENE) _ GEER ale} qa 2, Bennian VININ| VAR 1/V/Y OBB SIN TIL M uy! 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