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November 15, 2023 Activities ‘The Elk City News - 5 Boyfriend’s Behavior Pushes RIPLEY'S Believe It or Not! Woman’s Boundaries Einearore'’s MANDAL his behavior is certainly imma- WILDLIFE BrivGe is COVERED | Dear Abby ture. In light of what you have month, whereas she has been here more than 20 years. I re- IN TREES AND VEGETATION, written, it should be clear to cently found out two other ALLOWING ANIMALS TO CROSS DEAR ABBY: I have been you that he is no longer as com- people had been hired for my THE HIGHWAY SAFELY! with my live-in boyfriend for mitted to your relationship as role before I was, and both sight years. During the last five you have been. You stated that quit within six months. Should months, he has started staying you have established boundar- ies that you will no longer al- I stay and wait it out or fol- out until daylight, choosing low to be broken. GOOD FOR low the possibility of happi- his friends over me, snapping YOU. It is time to REESTAB- ness elsewhere? -- HOT AND at me when he talks at all and LISH them because the treat- BOTHERED IN INDIANA doesn’t want to be around me. ment you have been receiving We have always gone every- is not only disrespectful, but DEAR HOT AND BOTH- where together and shared our also cruel. You may have de- ERED: Talk with your employ- friendships with each other. voted years to the relationship, er about the circumstances un- Be Jack, There's an age gap of 16 years, but from my perspective, you der which you were hired. You but it has never been a prob- have invested enough. Tell him were told you would replace A VEGAN SPEED EATER lem. FROM CANADA, ATE can see that he is not hap- this woman and she'd be gone T left for a month last year youpy and ASK him if he wants to in one month. Exercise a little {35 Carotina REAPER when I caught him talking break up. I have a strong feel- patience for another month or PEPPERS IN ONE SITTING! ¢ to another woman through messaging (not platonic talk). ing that the answer will be yes. so and, if she's still there, ask That month I did a lot of your employer if something soul-searching and set bound- DEAR ABBY: I am a 20-year- has changed because she’s tell- ariesI will no longer allow to be old gay man. I recently started ing you she’s not quitting. You broken. Because of past failed anew job in which I thought 'd deserve a straight answer if relationships, I have learned be replacing an aging co-work- circumstances have changed. If how to stand up and voice my er who is supposed to be re- that's the case and the job is no Suvenie PINNATE SATFISH opinion and care for myself tiring “in a year.” Every time I longer what you thought it was APPEAR ALMOST COMPLETELY emotionally. I guess my ques- have mentioned anything to going to be, then “follow the BLACK EXCEPT FOR THEIR tion is, should I be concerned, her about her retiring, she has possibility of happiness else- BRIGHT ORANGE OUTLINES! keep trying to communicate corrected me, saying she’s only where” AFTER you have found my feelings to him or move on going to cutback toa day or two anew job. with my life? I always put him aweek. When I was hired, I was [M15 oinrtcren by inerons Walon for US gometom or ems Oae oss ip Eman n. ahead of anyone other than told she'd be gone in a month. Dear Abby is written by Ab- my children and God, but he igail Van Buren, also known doesn’t give me the same re- Tm uncomfortable because Crossword spect. - LOST FOR ANSWERS she is politically conservative, as Jeanne Phillips, and was IN ARKANSAS deeply religious and some- founded by her mother, Pau- times moody, which makes her line Phillips. Contact Dear ACROSS Abby at www.DearAbby.com or 1 Used to be Current puzzle answers DEAR LOST: Is your boy- difficult to be around. friend the person who is 16 I have kept my mouth shut P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, 4 Nun’s outfit S/—|O/x}O/a}wja years younger? I ask because since I have been here only a CA 90069. 9 Dancer — o|-|a Astaire We1 THAT | JTS No HEAYY, | THA HA! YOUR COLLAR 13 Suggestion wi} —|—}w DAT WAR |? LOOKS] | IPS. MY COULAR, | 15 STRONGER 14 One of the BELTS, BUT $ CAN....00P! | THAN Tov! Muses SAT HELLO 15 Entice Olw|<}xjo z|—|z]wla —|4{O}|>|w 16 Province in Can. WINGS Chl) He Di 17 Ricochet Get Fuzzy HAD AN AMAZING 18 “— Karenina” UMiITY. 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