THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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.