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TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE
Leaving your past behind
Dear Annie: I have been please stop. You don’t know what
divorced for many years. I was pain or memories you might be
married to the same man for 25 stirring up. The past is the past for
years. I put a lot into the marriage, a reason. It’s not your business to
including helping raise and sup- be a busybody. — Mind Our Own
port stepchildren and his grand-
Dear Mind Our Own: The
children. No one knows what went problem you speak of is at least
on behind closed doors to
2,400 years old. Plato
DEAR
cause the marriage to end
once said, “Justice means
but him and me. We live
minding one’s own busi-
ANNIE
ness and not meddling
in the same community.
with other men’s con-
We respect each other and
cerns.” Knowing humans,
remain cordial when we
I’d guess we’ve been
see each other.
However, when the
talking about one anoth-
er’s lives for as long as we
marriage ended, I informed
could talk.
mutual friends and family
Lane
So though I agree that
that I would like to keep Annie
Creators
Syndicate Inc.
people shouldn’t con-
my past in the past and
tinue giving you updates
move on with my life —
that I had no desire to keep up with on your ex-husband’s life after you
what is going on in his life and I asked them not to, there’s really not
would appreciate their not sharing much you can do aside from what
information about what is happen- you’re already doing. Try to shake
ing in mine.
it off. Keep focusing on yourself.
When someone begins to give Stay too busy to be bothered by
me updates on his life, I say, “I busybodies.
don’t really care. I wish him the
Dear Annie: Thank you so
best, but his business is none of much for the answer you gave to
my business. We have both moved “Deliberating Diarist.” Although I
on.”
have never kept a journal myself,
What is the purpose? It is really I know only too well what it is like
annoying and disrespectful.
to live with an alcoholic. My father
If anyone reading this is guilty and my ex-husband, both now
of this infringement of privacy, deceased, were alcoholics. In my
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ex’s case, he never stopped drink-
ing, and just as I and others had
predicted many times, it led to his
death.
Living with an alcoholic is an
awful experience. Though I can
understand “Deliberating Diarist’s”
hesitancy in letting others know the
embarrassing, nasty and uncom-
fortable truth, I would encourage
her to let her diary be. If anything,
it can be a lesson to her family
about what alcohol can do not only
to the drinker but to those around
him or her. Being related to an
alcoholic makes you much likelier
to become one, as well. If you have
a parent who is, you have a 50-50
chance of becoming one yourself. I
personally feel it is so important for
people to know what this devastat-
ing disease can do. In her case, it is
also a testament to what can hap-
pen when an alcoholic makes the
decision to become sober. What a
beautiful thing that is; I am only
sorry that my ex never did.
“Deliberating Diarist” has
much to be thankful for and proud
of, because her husband chose fam-
ily, life and sobriety. That is such a
wonderful life lesson to pass down
to her family. — Been There
Dear Been There: Beautifully
said. Thank you for writing.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You were lucky
enough to come into this world with so much
talent. Now you have to be talented enough to
get lucky. Go where there are a lot of socially
connected people, and talk about what you do.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s a strong
feeling of ennui, like you’ve already done all the
rides in the theme park twice. That may be so,
but you’re missing something. To find out what it
is, ask for help and advice.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The known and
unknown will come together in a beautiful yin-
and-yang-type balance. So don’t rush to know
the next thing. Stay awhile in this mystery: It’s
quite literally “wonder”-ful.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s not
enough for you to know that you’re doing some-
thing. You want to see the results, and you want
validation from others that the results matter.
Build this into your approach and you’ll succeed
brilliantly today.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You said yes to
something that, upon further reflection, now
seems like a bad fit for you. The ink hasn’t
dried yet, so no worries. Go back and ask to be
released. You’ll be let off the hook.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your environment
has become too familiar. You’re not seeing
what’s there, because it looks too much like
what was there yesterday. For understanding
and appreciation, look with your heart instead
of your pupils.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be called to
service, not by an official phone call but by the
need you see in the world. It’s not in your nature
to stand by and witness incompetence when
you know that you can do something about it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Seize the chance
to speak publicly. Most people avoid this, and
that’s precisely what makes it such a fine op-
portunity for you. Maybe the reasons are not so
obvious to you, but there’s money to be made,
and this is the first step.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Everything you
own but don’t want, need or love is a drain of
your energy. Most things just take a tiny bit of
your energy every time you look, touch or think
about them, but that little bit adds up. What can
you get rid of today?
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THATABABY
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PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN
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LOLA
DILBERT
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BIZARRO
MUTTS
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BABY BLUES
WIZARD OF ID
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ROSE IS ROSE
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Of course you
don’t expect yourself to be perfect (which would
be an absurd and immature sort of relationship
to set up with yourself), but what you do expect
may still be too stringent, or a little off the mark.
Give it a think.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). People who
give advice are a dime a dozen, but people
who take it are extremely rare. That’s because
following advice is difficult! You have to lose your
ego to do it. Today the loss will be so worth it,
though.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Now more than
ever, many young people know things that
many older people do not, but that doesn’t
mean young people are smarter or wiser.
Today works best when the generations help
one another.
TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (July 26). A short
trip in September will rekindle your adventurous
spirit. You’ll receive many invitations over the
holiday season, and one special event will open
an exciting network of relationships. Someone
works hard to earn your favor. You’ll finally get
a chance you’ve been waiting for in February.
Extra work will be lucrative. Capricorn and Aries
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 45, 6,