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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2017 FEATURES No one is calling her back Dear Annie: I am in my mid- all of us. My parents were preoc- 60s. I live in a small town, where cupied with him and expected the I know lots of people but have rest of us kids to take care of our- only one friend I can count on. selves, and because there were no Another really good friend had to other kids in the neighborhood to move out of state for her job. And befriend, I feel that I was unpre- another friend I have known for pared to make friends. I could have been a better friend 35 years, but I get abso- DEAR to people as I became an lutely nothing in return. adult but didn’t really get We only get together if I ANNIE it at the time. I get along reach out to her. I’d like fairly well socially now, to cut her off, but I have but there is no one I can no one to take her place. call and say, “Hey, let’s My extended fam- do something.” I also ily members are not too worry about what would far away, but they are too happen if my husband or busy to make a phone Lane I got sick. Whom would call or send an email. Annie Creators Syndicate Inc. I call for support? I’m friendly with my Facebook makes me husband’s family mem- bers, but they never call or make sad because it appears that others any effort to keep us informed my age are still enjoying a very of family news. My husband active social life. Has our culture has never helped in that regard created an atmosphere in which because he doesn’t keep in touch no one cares, or is it just me? — with them, either. He also makes Nobody Calls Dear Nobody Calls: First no effort to get together with friends. I have a happy marriage off, there aren’t any people who but need more than my husband are having as good a time as they seem to be on Facebook. If look- to keep me company. Having no friends is a prob- ing at those posts is bringing you lem I have had my whole life. down, log off for a while. Sec- My family was rather dysfunc- ond, the best way to get some- tional, with a brother who was body to call is to call her first. I troubled and made it difficult for know; you have tried reaching out. But keep trying. Check out Meetup, a website designed to bring people together in real life over common inter- ests. There’s a group for every- one — amateur quantum phys- icists, alcohol-free adventurers, beer-drinking book-clubbers, puzzle enthusiasts, bridge play- ers. The point is that you need to get out and try new things. . Dear Annie: Your advice to “Broken Living Room,” missed the mark and may cause the breakup of a friendship. Chairs are constructed to withstand years strain of over- weight bottoms. If this friend was capable of getting to “Bro- ken Living Room’s” house and getting herself seated, her weight was not the cause of the chair’s failure. The chair in question was either of poor quality or well on its way to failure before the friend sat in it. “Broken Living Room” should replace the chair with a quality chair, or she should find a place to put her fragile chair where heavy friends won’t use it. Then she should forget the inci- dent and nurture her friendship. She shouldn’t blame the friend. — Overweight Chair-User 3C TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). Everyone makes mistakes. You’re apt to forgive and forget when the mistake is someone else’s. Forgive your- self, too, so that you can go back to believing wholeheartedly in your own goodness. like someone you get jealous of anyone who’s ever had a piece of that person’s heart. Of course, if you keep going along these lines, it’s going to be an exhausting journey. Feel free to stop anytime. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Even though sacrificing much and working very hard isn’t a cakewalk, the one who makes you work harder will, oddly enough, be your hero. You don’t know what’s inside you until you open it up and put it to the test. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s not going to be fun if you’re too worried about what other people think. It’s good, however, to know how other people think. That will help you create a logical and comfortable flow to interactions. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When you have a flair for something, your time yields more potent results. Invest yourself there! You might make colleagues angry and jealous at first, but they will get over it in time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). This isn’t a thing about timing. It’s real, and it would contin- ue to be real in any time frame. You love, and you are loved. You give fun communication, and you get it back. What it’s really saying: You love and you are loved. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Most of the armors we build around ourselves are not truly hard and impenetrable. Instead they are like decorated parchment paper, easily poked through for the person with such an intention. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Stop judging yourself in terms of being good or bad at something. Your innate talent is beside the point. The thing to focus on is progress. Figure out how to improve. That’s what’s important. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). If you haven’t achieved to the level you think you’re capable of, these are the days you’ll push yourself. How can you give, love, extend a little more? You’ll figure it out and execute. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Maximize the input from your team. It’s no small thing to have peo- ple around you who believe in you and support you. Also, you’ll learn today that the one who is on your side is really, really on your side. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). When you really 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 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The giddiness you’re experiencing might remind you of some- thing that visited your stomach in a classroom when the test was being passed out, or when that certain very attractive someone was strolling by. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The passion is there. It’s alive. It’s in you. The work doesn’t seem to be channeling it, and that’s where you have to push yourself. You know how to do this. Just do it. TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 14). Cosmic boldness will have you making more money and taking more chances in the first three months of the year. You’ll see how shrinking wasn’t serving you. In May, your wishes will be the wishes of others, and the collective energy will push things up, over and out. New living arrangements will help your work in July. Leo and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 22, 28, 5 and 9.
