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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 FEATURES Tomorrow’s horoscope Man wants to be closer to wife Dear Annie: My wife and I have been married for 22 years and have two wonderful children. We both have college degrees and full-time jobs. I am an optimistic introvert, and she is a pessimistic extrovert. We have never been close to each other socially. We have different interest and physical abilities. We also don’t communicate much, even on import- ant issues. I think conversations should be short and to the point, my wife can go on and on. She doesn’t even try anymore because she believes I have no interest. Our sex life is almost nonexistent. She has no interest in any type of intimacy. We both contribute to the prob- lems, and I want to change this. I ZDQWWREHFORVHUDQG¿QGFRPPRQ ground. But when I suggested coun- seling, she refused. She says every- one she knows who has tried ther- apy has ended up in divorce court. She thinks if I ask for counseling, it means I want a divorce. This puts me between a rock and a hard place. What would you sug- gest? — Stymied Husband Dear Stymied: We wonder how you two ever ended up married for 22 years. While it is true that some couples enter counseling as a pre- tense to justify divorce, a good coun- breasts. I wish these women would respect my right as a parent to be present when my child is exposed to such things so I can explain what’s Creators happening. — Not in Front of My Syndicate Inc. Kid Please Dear Not: Your son is old Kathy Mitch- enough to know that babies nurse, ell and especially in a daycare center at the Marcy Sugar gym, which is not the same as whip- ping off your top at the local coffee selor will not deliberately steer you shop. A mother is not going to wait in that direction. We’ve printed to nurse her child until other parents many letters from people saying are present to explain things. Here that counseling saved their relation- are a couple more letters on that ships by helping each person express subject: Dear Annie: What about a child themselves clearly so that positive who becomes so overwhelming hot, changes could be made. Your wife has to trust you enough no matter how light the cover-up, to believe that you want to salvage that she pushes it aside? My daugh- your marriage. Please show her this ter constantly exposes me in public letter and tell her you wrote it. Say and there’s nothing I can do about it. how much you want to be closer, and — Poughkeepsie Dear Annie: I nursed both of ask her to come with you for coun- VHOLQJVRERWKRI\RXFDQ¿QGDZD\ my children. I either covered the back to each other. We hope she will baby with my shirttail or used a light blanket to shield myself. I nursed in cooperate. Dear Annie: I want to respond church, in front of the pastor during to “Wondering Mom” about women his sermon, and he had no clue. I who nurse their children without agree that the “naked from the waist covering up. My 8-year-old son up” trend is pushing the right to recently was exposed to a woman nurse in our faces, and is not really openly breastfeeding in my gym’s DEHQH¿WIRUWKHFKLOG%UHDVWIHHGLQJ daycare. He came home and asked is wonderful, but not everyone has to me if he could get a drink from my watch. — Illinois Annie’s Mailbox 7A By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). An experiment isn’t just something you do; it’s also something you are. If you’re lucky, what you try will please you. But either way, your willingness to com- mit to uncertainty can only result in greater self-knowledge. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You refuse to let anyone else define you and you certainly won’t be limited by your self-definition, either. That’s just another opinion (even if it happens to be yours). In each moment you decide whom to be. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You know that being able to grasp the psychology of anoth- er person is absolutely necessary if you’re to get that person’s quality attention and keep it for any amount of time. This will be your main study of the day. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Stifling your energies can cause illness and sadness. Ex- press yourself! Get the frustration out of your system, but also let all that joy, curiosity and excitement take form. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Complaining is easy — all you have to do is point a finger and state what’s not working. Anyone can do that! You’ll differentiate yourself by making the more difficult choice to help, cooperate and make a change. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your habits ar- en’t you; they are just routines you’ve learned and repeated, routines that can be dropped, changed or replaced. You’re already thinking of dropping a habit you once mistook for your destiny. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Sure, you’re ca- pable of doing more — and so are most hu- mans. We often don’t test the theory, though, until we’re pushed. That’s why an ambitious FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE (or aggressive) Capricorn friend is invaluable now. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If you tell them exactly what to do, most of the people around you now will take the time to do it. But to you, love is not having to tell them. The one who moves on his or her own initiative has your heart! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The com- petition is on. It’s not official; nor is it organized. Perhaps the others involved don’t even realize they are in the game! Still, this is happening. Awareness is your winner’s advantage. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The crisis of faith or bout of skepticism you work your way through this morning will be completely gone in the afternoon light. Your goals are ob- tainable, your wishes favored for coming true. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Relax. You needn’t worry about what value you are add- ing to the situation. Everyone else is way be- yond that now. They know that your value is inherent, and you need to start believing that, too. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re so ob- servant and clever now that you could prove any point you want to make: true, worthy, ac- curate or not. Before you go to any trouble, make sure your stance is worth getting behind. WEDNESDAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 24). Get used to those butterflies in your stom- ach, because this is going to be an exciting year. In March you’ll solve a mystery and get a new friend out of the deal. You’ll earn the money to move forward with a personal goal before June. Family additions and events happen in July. Capricorn and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 40, 29, 31, 28 and 45.
