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Activities 8- The Elk City News August 9, 2023 Diminishing Sex Life Calls For GIPLEY’S Believe It or Not! Increasing Communication Tue BAP Puno, Al5O-vear-oLp PERUVIAN Navy STEAMSHIP OPERATING ON LAKE “TITICACA, IS FUELED WITH DRIED LLAMA DUNG. tom line is, if you're not happy a job and are able to support Dear Abby yourself and any children that with the relationship as it is, it needs to be brought out into could result from this union. DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend the open so it can be dealt with and I are in our late 20s and asa couple. Let your family get to know have been together six years. him. They have your best inter- He's a great boyfriend, and ests at heart, so resist the urge DEAR ABBY: I'm a 20-year- I'm happy in every way except old female in a situationship to tune them out in the name one. Since we moved in togeth- with a 46-year-old married of love. er a year and a half ago, our man. He tells me he’s going to sex life has dwindled down to DEAR ABBY: Twice while B wessace wa practically zero. Sometimes leave his wife when his daugh- BOTTLE THROWN INTO ter graduates, which is in two visiting, my son and daughter- THE WATER NEAR THE we go months without it. We months. He wants to move me in-law have had arguments in Canary IsLanvs was are busy with work and school, front of me and their young to his state, but my family isn’t | RETURNED TO ONE OF but I’'m not sure if that’s just supportive, so I would like an children. The last one got so ITS AUTHORS AFTER an excuse. I know it’s partly my outside opinion. - CONTEM- heated my DIL even left the WASHING UP ON A fault because I should also take PLATING IN FLORIDA Bermuva Beacn! room and went outside. It up- the initiative and not be lazy. I'm wondering if we're just not set me and their oldest child DEAR CONTEMPLATING: How long have you and this greatly. My son's father and I right for each other. Aren’t the 20s supposed to be a time of 46-year-old man been roman- argued often, and we divorced sexual fun and frequency? Or tically involved? I have con- long ago. They seem to think does it even matter? Maybe cerns on several levels about it's OK to do this. What can I COLOMBIA'S GOVERNMENT REVEALED we're just different from the what you are contemplating. do? — STANDING BY IN TEX- & $3.5-mILLION PLAN TO CURE norm? - CONFOUNDED IN First is the age difference and AS THE GROWING POPULATION OF CANADA the balance of power in your E Paslo Escosar's "COCAINE HIPPOS” relationship. Next is the fact DEAR STANDING BY: I hope BY SHIPPING 7O OF THEM DEAR CONFOUNDED: If that he hasn't yet left his fam- you realize that what your son overseas! you haven't been talking with ily or even filed for divorce. is doing is modeling the be- your boyfriend about this, Many men promise to leave you should be. At your age, it their wives but never do. 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