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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEbRuARY 1, 2019
When to doff the hat
Dear Annie: A few months your husband wants to sport
back, I mentioned to my hus- that hat with true panache,
band that I wish the style of he should doff it at the dinner
men in suits and hats would table.
come back. He came home a
Dear Annie: Today I asked
few days later in a little
my husband whether
DEAR
felt hat, which I have
he had heard from
ANNIE
to admit looked good
anyone over the hol-
idays, just thinking
on him. Last week,
that maybe one of our
we went out to din-
ner, and I told him that
friends had contacted
my grandfather always
him instead of me. He
removed his hat while
looked right into my
dining. He waved his
eyes and said, “No.”
arm in a circle and ANNIE LANE Something about the
Creators
said, “Take a look
way he answered
Syndicate Inc.
around.” Sure enough,
caused me to do some-
thing I had never done
a lot of men, women
and children were wearing before: I checked his email
hats — mostly ball caps and a when he left to go shopping.
few cowboy hats. What is the Sure enough, he had heard
proper etiquette for hat wearing from someone, and I now dis-
these days? He does remove it cover he has been emailing
in church, thank goodness. — with this person (a woman) for
some time.
Hatless in Seattle
Dear Hatless: Your hus-
Knowing he is having a run-
band is correct that wearing ning conversation with another
hats indoors is now common- woman — plus the fact that he
place, but that doesn’t make it lied about it — has me won-
classy. I’d bet a big part of what dering what to do. He’s been a
appealed to you about the style liar in the past, but I thought he
of men in suits and hats was had moved beyond that. We’ve
that it connoted a sense of pro- broken up before, but we
priety — something increas- worked things out and got back
ingly rare in today’s world. If together. I trusted in him to do
TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
the right thing this time around,
and until today, I believed
everything was fine.
Of course, the other side of
this is that I wouldn’t have even
known this if I hadn’t gone into
his email. Right now, I am
brooding over it and letting
the anger build up inside me.
Should I admit I snooped and
I know about his lies, or should
I just keep quiet and start the
process of ending the relation-
ship? Honesty is important to
me. But then, I was dishonest
by snooping. Help! — Liar,
Liar
Dear Liar, Liar: Come
clean to your husband about
your snooping, and in that
same conversation, ask him
to go to marriage counseling.
By the time you find yourself
wanting to snoop on your part-
ner, mistrust has been festering
for quite some time. It seems
neither of you has been able
to shake past issues. So per-
haps this recent incident will
turn out to be a very good thing
for your marriage in the long
run, if it persuades you both to
truly open up to each other and
begin the process of rebuilding
trust from the ground up.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Hearing a little bit of
a story is unsatisfying. You want the rest! You’ve
time for it today, too. Your curiosity (rarer than
you realize) will pave the way to learning interest-
ing and even magical things.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll do as you
wish. When it coincides with what others wish,
great. When it doesn’t, you won’t worry too much
about it. You’re not put on this earth to please all
people.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). In deciding what to
give your time to, the strongest consideration will
be the other people involved. If you don’t like the
activity but prefer the participants, it’s in. (Like an
activity but don’t prefer the participants, it’s out.)
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You don’t have to
change your life all at once in order to change it
completely. It only takes a few minutes a day to
create life-enhancing habits. By this time next
year, you could be a different person because of
just one habit.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Due to new information,
you may lack the certainty you once had about
your situation, which is smart. It’s time to learn,
and you can’t learn if you think you already know.
So you’ll toss that, remain open and absorb
much.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). What you want to do
and what you’re good at will come together at
an intersection, and this is where life gets very ex-
citing for you. Proceed carefully now. Watch out.
Intersections can be dangerous.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your emotional land-
scape is formed in a dialogue with your environ-
ment over time. So it’s crucial that you interact in
the right environments for you. You need positive
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
and intelligent feedback.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are many
items in the new vernacular that older people
will despise — something to consider before
uttering nonchalantly “no problem” or “let’s grab
dinner.” Why use upsetting words when there are
other options?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). To enjoy the
unsettling, well that’s not as unusual as it may
sound. Tension can be delicious, and it’s certainly
more interesting than going through a prob-
lem-free day.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). What you need
isn’t to comply to others or have others comply
to you. What you need is a better idea. Start the
dialogue, all as humble equals, and you’ll come
up with the answers together.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It’s weird that
sometimes you don’t know you’re having a great
time until much, much later when you look back
on the experience and realize — wow. That was
pretty great. Today will bring such a phenome-
non.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A continuing sense
of mystery and wonder is a requirement for you
and one that will be met and then some by to-
day’s strange and unpredictable series of events.
TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 2). Yes, you’ll
get a significant zing of good fortune at the top
of this year. But the big gift is this: You realize
that a way of being can improve all. You intend
to embody love, generosity, graciousness, cheer-
fulness, optimism and ethics. With this aim at the
center of your being every day, you’ll change the
world. Virgo and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 9, 30, 15, 20 and 33.