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Drama over television shows
Dear Annie: Both my wife and I
work all day, she as a police officer
and I as an accountant. When we get
home, we eat dinner together and
then sit in front of the TV for a lit-
tle down time. The problem is that
what she wants to watch to unwind
is very different from what I want to
watch to unwind.
She loves short funny shows,
such as “Two and a Half Men” and
“How I Met Your Mother.” I, on the
other hand, love dramas. My favor-
ites are “Homeland” and “Game of
Thrones.”
Every night, I sit on the couch
looking forward to one of my favor-
ite shows, and she insists that we
watch one of hers. She says that my
shows are too serious and that being
a police officer, she sees serious
stuff every day and she just wants to
laugh. She has a point, but I’d still
like to watch my own stuff. I have
been giving her her way lately, but
I am starting to feel resentful. —
Missing the Drama
Dear Missing: Sorry, but there’s
not much drama in my response, as
this has an easy solution. Just com-
promise. Alternate nights. You pick
one night’s programming; she picks
the next.
If you both really can’t stand
watching each other’s shows, you
Dear Annie
By
Annie
Lane
Creators
Syndicate
Inc.
could invest in a second TV or, bet-
ter yet, head to the library. There
you’ll find plenty of great stories
(such as the novels on which “Game
of Thrones” is based). You could
get lost in an epic book while she
de-stresses with some comedy —
worlds away but happily together.
Dear Annie: I met “Meghan” at
our children’s school five years ago,
and we’ve been close friends ever
since. When we met, she had just
finished treatment for stage 1 breast
cancer, and since then, she has been
cancer-free.
The other day, she told me she
was unable to work with me on our
kids’ school project because she had
a doctor’s appointment. She said it
was just a routine thing but was very
vague about it, and I could tell she
didn’t want to talk about it. I began
to worry that something was wrong,
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2016
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
and at the same time, I felt hurt that
if something was wrong, she should
have wanted to share it with me. —
Worried for My Friend
Dear Worried: Have patience.
For all you know right now, it really
is just a routine checkup, and I hope
that’s the case. But in the event
that it’s not, don’t be offended that
Meghan didn’t reach out to you
immediately. Health is an incredi-
bly personal thing. Part of being a
good friend means allowing her the
time and space she needs to process
things, trusting that she will come to
you when she’s ready. In the mean-
time, be understanding, empathetic
and the world’s best listener. That’s
how you can let her know you’ll be
there when she’s ready to talk.
Dear Annie: I want to write in
response to “A Wyoming Teacher,”
who does not feel teachers should be
expected to write thank-you notes to
students for gifts.
I feel that part of my job as a
teacher is to teach students social
norms and conventions. I believe
in writing and mailing thank-you
notes for students’ gifts, even the
half-used bottle of nail polish one of
my second-graders gave me. Chil-
dren love getting mail, and they
learn from example. — Teaching by
Example
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll run
into people you know in places you weren’t
expecting to see them. This will present an
interesting conundrum — nothing you can’t
handle, of course.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your job
goes better when your loved ones have
your back at home. If you’re distracted by
domestic details and responsibilities, you’re
not likely to put in your best performance.
Delegate.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The ones
who need you will really need you today. In
fact, whether or not you want to be, you’ll be
among the most needed. Well, they couldn’t
have chosen a more qualified candidate!
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s a little
like you’re being forced to act like you’re
having fun. Roll with it, and then don’t be
surprised if all this acting becomes the
truth. This is what Hollywood is built on!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s the small
things that will matter most to you today.
To be able to count on someone, a secure
relationship with a person who makes you
laugh — that’s a little slice of heaven.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s hard to
believe if you don’t really live there, but it’s
absolutely true: Some places are populated
with cheerful people. Cheerful! Really! Go
looking. This is the existence you deserve.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will let
them all know what you think, but you’ll do it
in such a cool way that they might assume
that they’ve come up with it themselves.
They’re not trying to rip you off; they just
really admire you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If you said
yes to everything, your life would be cha-
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
os. But you can safely say yes to the thing
that’s offered today. This one is too good to
miss. Bonus: Your new priorities will order
themselves.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll
attract good people. Givers. People who
are naturally drawn to relate in a friendly,
cheerful way. These are the ones you’ll
keep coming back to. Commitments are a
no-brainer.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Why do
you spend so much time in another per-
son’s world? That’s easy: love. This is what
people who love each other do. They try,
really try, to understand each other.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your in-
fluence over others will be profound today.
Your thought waves will affect the stranger
passing on the street, the clerk in the gro-
cery store and the person picking up your
mail, as well as those individuals in your
inner circle.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The
wealthy American industrialist J. Paul Get-
ty said that if you can actually count your
money then you are not really a rich man. If
this is true, you’ll cultivate a sense of pros-
perity in yourself by simply not counting.
TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 18).
This year, when you’re happy, you’re ec-
static. You’ll do your best and give your
all to the relationship that makes your life
sing! Work improves in January, and you’ll
add a new skill set to your arsenal. March
is your chance to trade out a tired aspect
of your life for new purpose. Children make
you proud in May. Aries and Cancer adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 43, 14, 3, 33
and 13.