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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 FEATURES 5A Wife resents being in second place Tomorrow’s horoscope By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. Dear Annie: I have been mar- ried to “Jerry” for 10 years. We each have adult daughters from previous relationships. Jerry has a peculiar relationship with his daughter, “Serena.” She was taken from him by her mother at a very early age, and he did not see her again until she was 13. At DJHVKHJRWLQWRD¿JKWZLWKKHU mother and came to live with Jerry. He and his roommate allowed the girl to drink liquor and use their car. At some point, she was found in Jer- ry’s bed having sex with a strange man. She also ran up $1,000 in tele- phone charges calling her boyfriend back home. When Serena went back to Mom, I moved in with Jerry. But Serena would call at all hours of the night. :KHQ VKH KDG DQRWKHU ¿JKW ZLWK Mom, Jerry invited her back with- out asking me. I put a lock on the phone, and Serena became angry and returned to Mom. After that, her relationship with Jerry was on-and- off for 10 years. Jerry now visits Serena and her young son twice a year for six weeks at a time, which drives me nuts. I find her to be manipulative and toxic and don’t care to deal with her. Last month, Jerry insist- ed I talk to her when she phoned at to do about your marriage, which sounds unhappy and stressful. Get some counseling, with or without -HUU\ DQG ¿JXUH RXW ZKHWKHU \RX Creators are better off with or without him. Syndicate Inc. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Cringing in Exercise Class,” Kathy Mitchell who complained about a woman and who chewed gum during classes. Marcy Sugar I’m surprised the instructor allows it. It is a safety hazard. The wom- 3 a.m., and all she did was scream an could inhale the gum and get it at me for 30 minutes. Jerry backed stuck in her windpipe. her up. I bet the insurance company that I told Jerry that Serena needs to covers the exercise facility would apologize. I am upset by the way put an end to anyone chewing gum Jerry behaves toward her. When posthaste. — Better Practice Your she is ill, he waits on her hand and Heimlich Maneuver foot, but when I was in a motor- Dear Better: You make an ex- cycle crash, he expected me to get cellent point that we had not con- up and cook dinner. Jerry screams sidered. With the amount of exer- at me, yet he is all sweetness when tion and breathing one does during speaking to Serena. He does noth- exercise, the gum could easily end ing around the house other than up where it shouldn’t. Thanks for take out the garbage, while I work weighing in. full time, and all he does is criticize Dear Readers: We are carrying me. He wants me to embrace Serena on Ann Landers’ tradition that April the way he does, but I cannot do it. 2 be set aside as Reconciliation I’m depressed and miserable. What 'D\DWLPHWRPDNHWKH¿UVWPRYH should I do? — Second Place toward mending broken relation- Dear Second: Jerry has put Sere- ships. It also would be the day on QD¿UVWZKLFKPHDQVKHZLOODOZD\V which we agree to accept the olive take her side in any argument with branch extended by a former friend you, and she knows it. Don’t expect or estranged family member and do any apologies. The question is what our best to start over. Annie’s Mailbox FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH STONE SOUP B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE ARIES (March 21-April 19). Everyone is fallible. Because you’ve placed your men- tors, idols and leaders in high esteem, they have farther to fall when they fall from grace. Can you revere them without the pedestal? TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Stop sacri- ficing to your own detriment, and make your needs a higher priority (even if those needs happen to be for seemingly frivolous things like glamour, thrills and general fun). GEMINI (May 21-June 21). High culture may not be on your agenda. If you find your- self in the same old haunts instead of trav- eling, seeing elaborately designed shows or visiting the museum, at least look up. The sky is a masterpiece. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You know what stresses you out. Anticipate potential anxiety-triggering situations, and make a plan as to how you’ll either avoid them or, if they are unavoidable, deal with them as quickly as possible. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Opening your mind is a lot harder than opening your mouth, but like anything, if you do it enough, it gets easy. It already has for you, which is why today you’ll delight in fewer words and more influences. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Meeting the right person at the wrong time is a condition that, in some, inspires longing, fantasizing, poetry... In others it inspires planning. How could you appropriately plan and play to- gether during these times? LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In your mind, elegance and functionality go together. You have no interest in pretty things that don’t do anything useful. Guided by these convic- tions, you’ll improve your environment. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Once again, you’ll be drawn to the mysterious and clan- destine. When the situation is new to you, and you are new to it, you can be whoever you want to be. You might enjoy cultivating an alter ego. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are your own team captain. You won’t be blindly led or bossed around. You will defer to the judgment of your teachers as a sign of respect when you know that the respect goes both ways. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You know that odd feeling you’ve had about a certain someone? Now you’ll finally get the evidence to confirm your suspicions. This is validation for the ol’ instincts! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Relation- ships thrive with the right amount of togeth- er time. You don’t want your absence to mean more than your presence, and that’s why you show up when it counts and take a break when it counts, too. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The difficult road might lead to a beautiful and private des- tination, or it might lead to more difficulty. The road signs will point you down a well-worn path to a beautiful though very public place. FRIDAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 3). Relation- ships are heavenly through the next seven weeks, and then there will be work to do in adjusting to changes that come rapid-fire at the end of May. With a can-do spirit, you’ll make the improbable happen for your family in June. You’ll get inspired to arrange your- self and your world to new standards of beauty in July. Leo and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 28, 1, 23, 39 and 50.