July 27, 2024 Issue, Page 5 of 10

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ACTIVITIES The Elk City News SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2024 + 5 Reverberations Continue After Falling Out At Work DEAR ABBY: I worked for 11 it? -- MOVED ON IN ARIZONA that much time with them. I’m also I leave it alone, or say something years in the accounting department DEAR ABB DEAR MOVED ON: As a for- becoming uncomfortable when we more? -- SMOTHERED IN GEOR- ofa busy law firm. During my ten- mer employee of that firm, you are are together. GIA ure, my three much younger col- charges that I, a middle-aged male under no obligation to have ANY She says things like she told her DEAR SMOTHERED: Listen to leagues married and started fami- with no children, was “insensitive” more contact with your former mother she was meeting me for your intuition. I don't think you lies, Due to the inevitable trials of to their familial obligations. boss. If you are still in the working dinner and her mother said, “I'm need to do more than you are al- raising kids, planned, unplanned I mended fences to the best of my world, refrain from venting about jealous.” Her husband tells me she ready doing, which is distancing and often simultaneous absences ability but resigned shortly there- your contempt. Simply express that says I'm her favorite person, EVER. yourself, If you are confronted di- became commonplace, which left you prefer he not call you again. If She constantly sends me silly things rectly again, remind her that you after, I never confronted my boss, me to run the department alone. and he was never awareI had any he asks why, you would be within on social media. and your husband are busy people During my last performance re- knowledge of his manipulation. He your rights to tell him you know he Thave now backed off even meet- and you do not have the time to view, which I presumed to be con- now contacts me monthly to feign violated your confidence, which is ing them for dinner because I feel devote to cultivating a closer social fidential, I shared with our boss my concern for my health and tell me why you left the firm. crowded by her. relationship. exhaustion and_health-impacting how much I am missed, all of which She recently texted me asking if stress. My appeal for additional is disingenuous. DEAR ABBY: Last year, I recon- she had done anything to offend Dear Abby is written by Abigail personnel was rejected. Rather As my former colleagues have nected with a childhood friend. We me. I explained that I had a lot of Van Buren, also known as Jeanne than address the matter in the con- now left the firm and face no retri- met for dinnera few times with our Phillips, and was founded by her work issues right now and was not text of firm productivity, our boss husbands, and everything seemed good company -- I hoped it would mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact bution, I would like to end his con- informed each of my co-workers fine. They keep asking us to take be enough. I don’t want to hurt her Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com tacts with an appropriate expres- that I had complained about their a trip together, but I don’t feel we feelings, but I don't want to encour- or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA sion of my contempt. Or should I chronic absenteeism, drawing simply block him and be done with know them well enough to spend age her friendship, either. Should 90069. [WHEN LIFE GIVES You LeMoNs, Efe OR AT Least CROSSWORD MAKE LEMONADE. 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