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COFFEE BREAK 10B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 N EWS OF THE W EIRD Old flame returns as spark fades in woman’s marriage Celebrating Fat Bear Week DEAR ABBY: I have been married to a wonder- ful man for six years, and we’ve been together for 10. We bought a house a few years ago, and since then our sex life has signifi cantly decreased. I know the stress of being homeowners hasn’t helped our situation, and over the last year I have felt like I’m falling out of love. A few weeks ago, I ran into a man I dated before my husband, and there was a spark between us that neither of us can deny. He broke my heart years ago, but I can’t shake this feeling of wanting — needing — to be with him. I can’t get him off my mind. I hate the idea of breaking my husband’s heart, but I also don’t want to lose the chance to see what could be with my old fl ame. How can I come out of this on top? I’m terrifi ed that I may have signed on to spend my life with someone who isn’t my soul mate. — AT A CROSSROADS IN N.C. DEAR CROSSROADS: May I introduce a dose of sobriety? The man who broke your heart years ago is capable of doing it again. After 10 years have passed, the chances are he, too, is married. If you pursue this, there will be collateral damage. No one, including you, will come out “on top” because someone always pays the price. You and your husband need to fi gure out why things changed after you bought that house and deal with it. If you do, it may improve your marriage. National Public Radio family. DEAR ABBY: I under- stand that a person should stay home when he or she is sick in order to avoid spread- ing the illness to others. However, if you have plans with a friend, and your brother or sister has the fl u but you have not gotten sick yet, is it your responsibility to warn your friend that you have been exposed? Should you cancel plans? I mean, what’s the consid- erate thing to do in this situation? — CAREFUL IN WASHINGTON DEAR CAREFUL: In a case like this, full disclosure is imperative. If you know you have been exposed to a contagious illness and may be carrying the bug, the considerate thing to do would be to tell your friend so the person has the choice of whether to opt out. DEAR ABBY: My grand- father has been put on a pedestal as the pillar of our family. Everyone except me adores him. I can barely stomach him. He’s a racist and a sex- ist, and he DEAR abused my ABBY grandmother to her dying day. He now abuses his current wife. He has made her cry many times, but she still continues to cater to and worship him. Whenever I bring up his issues, family members say it doesn’t matter, and he de- serves respect no matter how he acts. When I’m around him, I remain polite and respectful. However, I feel no love for him and have no desire to spend more time with him than I absolutely have to. Am I a terrible person? — UNCERTAIN IN THE SOUTH DEAR UNCERTAIN: Not at all. You are simply someone who has a lower tolerance for racism, sex- ism and people who abuse others than the rest of your bears for a while, and No. 747. He is “as big as a jumbo jet,” she says. “He was so big he looked like he was ready to hiber- nate in July. He’s the size of two bears.” This isn’t fat shaming, Boak says. It is fat glorifying as the biggest bear has done the best job getting ready. “They lose a third of their body fat over the winter,” Boak says. “So they need all that fat to survive.” The Fat Bear Week competitors are coastal brown bears who forage Who doesn’t love big, fat bears? At least from a dis- tance. And who doesn’t love fi lling out a bracket where winners move on and losers go home? Combine the two and you’ve got Fat Bear Week — a kind of Ursine March Madness, in October. There are an estimated 2,000 bears in Katmai National Park & Preserve, a glorious and massive 4 million-acre stretch of wilderness in Southwest Alaska. Each year, the bears spend the summer trying to get as fat as they can to prepare for hibernation. And in October, bear fans get to vote on who is the fat- test of them all. This year, the bears were whittled down to a bracket of 12 contenders. Four heavyweights had fi rst- round byes. Voters on the park’s Facebook page choose their favorite from each matchup. The winner moves on to the next round. As the competition began this week, Katmai Conser- vancy media ranger Naomi Boak had her eye on two of what she calls “favorites.” No. 435, they assign a num- ber after monitoring the Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. 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