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6A FEATURES Considering moving in together Dear Annie: All the advice I don’t want to hear that “why columns I’ve read recommend buy the cow” line. I’m not writ- not moving in together before ing to you for a lecture on mar- marriage — or at least not before riage. — Roommates-to-Be Dear Roommates: Imag- you and your partner have been dating for a year. I get the logic ine a house that has no founda- behind that, but in real life, things tion but just sits atop the dirt. It may have been care- rarely follow a perfect DEAR fully constructed, with timeline. In my case, my sturdy wooden walls and boyfriend of six months, ANNIE a dazzling slate roof. But “Michael,” has to move when a hurricane blows out of his house because through and there’s noth- his landlord is selling it. ing keeping the whole He has two months to thing grounded, how find another place. We long do you think that think it makes the most house will last? sense for him to move in Lane No matter how great with me. My apartment Annie Creators Syndicate Inc. your chemistry with is plenty big. We’d both Michael, you don’t save money. We get along great and spend so much time deeply know each other. No mat- ter how sunny things are now, together as it is. Sure, I always thought I would storms will appear on the hori- wait a year before moving in zon eventually. (By the way, I with someone, too. But Michael wouldn’t be so proud about never and I have a great thing going. having had a fight. It’s healthy We have off-the-charts romantic to have conflicts in close rela- chemistry, and we’re very com- tionships. It means you’re both patible as friends. We’ve never expressing yourselves.) Convenience is not a good even had a fight. We have discussed our living enough reason to move in styles and think we would make together. Move in together when good roommates. We’re both in it’s because it’s the step you want our mid-20s. What do you think? to take in your relationship. You And please, with all due respect, will never regret waiting; you’ll very likely regret not waiting. Dear Annie: Would you please print a reminder to people who donate food to food banks/ pantries not to donate expired food? The Postal Service’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive happened recently, so we have been sort- ing the food. If the canned goods have expired within the past five months, there is still some shelf life; we put those items in the front of the pantry so the clients can take them if they want them. But today we had to throw out a lot of food — things that expired anywhere from June 2004 (yes, 13 years ago) to December 2016. It seems the people who donated the expired food were looking for an excuse to clean out their cabinets. They should have thrown out the food long ago. This made me sad. Do peo- ple really think pantries should distribute 13-year-old food to the hungry? — Pantries Across America Dear Pantries: That is sad indeed. Folks, check those expi- ration dates before donating. And for your own health, clean out your cupboards more than once a decade. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2017 TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s a hap- piness that visits your mind in the embrace of warm notions. Then there’s happiness of a different kind. It’s visceral, physical and your whole body is involved. Could this become a lifestyle? TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you respond to one person in an eerily similar way as you did to another long ago, you begin to recognize life’s echoes. Discern reactions of the moment from motions that have more to do with the sheer power of habit. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s not that they don’t count; it’s just that when it comes to you, you’re the expert. So assuming that you’re the only one you need to impress, what would you do next? SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There’s a fine line in teaching. Mistakes must be addressed, but not in a heavy-handed manner. Criticism has a way of making people feel diminished and sometimes humiliated. The best teachers are sensitive to this. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There are gestures, and then there are grandstand plays. Know the difference. You’ll witness some big personali- ties, so just remember that you always have a choice about what and whom you buy into. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Everyone has days in which their personal stock seems to fall, at least in relation to their own ideas of value. What will it take for you to recognize yourself as important? Don’t wait for someone else to point it out. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Recognize what you’ve got, and be keen to the timing of the thing. The more exciting something is, the short- er the shelf life. Like a fizzy soda or a lit sparkler, enjoy it while it lasts. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your mind is like the muscles of your body: able to get stronger and also vulnerable to becoming overworked and injured. Work past your comfort zone but then back off to allow for recovery. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your secret wishes will gain magnetism. Your wants will get stronger. If necessity is the mother of invention, desire is the father. This is the day to direct your hunger more specifically and intentionally. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You need inspiration. That may require getting out to see something new and different. Or it may require doing less, or nothing at all. Too much activity and too many choices serve to reduce the impact of everything. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). To be giving and warm is your nature, and many will be drawn to the comfort of your presence. You benefit from their nearness, too. It’s all well and good until they start to compete for your attention, at which time it’s best to withdraw. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When you really adore a person, even the most mundane outing with this person seems like a magnificent event. Today you’ll get a taste of this sort of giddy excitement. 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 TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (June 20). You know your purpose, and you act on it. A strong female will guide, inspire and care for you. August shows you growing past prior limits. September will end a cycle and free you for adventure. Stay unencumbered a while. You’ve access to a luck factory at the end of 2017. Family will benefit from your good fortune. Aries and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 6, 22, 15 and 40.
