THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.