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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.