Wednesday, March 4, 2015
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DEAR ABBY
BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ
Husband’s secret texting
puts his wife on high alert
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
BY LYNN JOHNSTON
B.C.
BY JOHNNY HART
PICKLES
BY BRIAN CRANE
BEETLE BAILEY
BY MORT WALKER
GARFIELD
BLONDIE
BY JIM DAVIS
BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE
Dear Abby: I was recently told by
The problem is, how do I address
a friend that my husband had sent her
this with my mother? I don’t want to
texts of an inappropriate and sexual
throw my wife under the bus as the
nature. My husband didn’t deny that
reason for the discussion, but I am
he sent them and refused to tell me
not sure how believable it will be if I
what he sent.
suddenly say after 30-plus years that
This woman is envious of my hus-
it bothers me. I want the message that
band and jealous of our relationship.
I feel she should stop touching me at
She often comments about how she’d
every opportunity to come from me.
Jeanne
love to have a man like mine, etc. My Phillips How do I have this conversation?
concern is, he admits he texted her, but
What can I say? — No Means No
Advice
I don’t understand why. My intuition
Dear No Means No: Say, “I love
tells me she told me the truth, but I
you, Mom, and I know I should have
want to trust my husband.
mentioned this before, but when you do that,
Now I’m suspicious. I always want to it makes me uncomfortable, so please stop.” If
check his phone, and analyze every aspect of she wants to know why, all you have to do is
our life and marriage. I feel this has put a huge tell her you know she loves you, but you think
wedge between us, and I no longer feel the what she’s doing is excessive.
same love and passion for him. Please help.
Dear Abby: We go out to eat occasional-
What do I do now? Is my marriage over? — ly with another couple I’ll call Jack and Jill.
Suspicious In Michigan
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Dear Suspicious: Your marriage may not on soft drinks or self-serve. Jack will order
be over, but it could be in jeopardy. Consid- water (free) to drink while Jill orders a soda.
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right to be concerned.
them with a colorless soft drink.
Marriage counseling may help you and
They see nothing wrong with the practice.
your husband get back on track if he’s will- We think it’s stealing, and we are embarrassed.
ing to go with you. But if he isn’t, then for What are your thoughts, and how should we
your own sake, get counseling on your own react when this is done in front of us? Lately
because you may need to talk to someone who we have been making excuses to avoid going
isn’t emotionally involved in your turmoil. It out with them. — Eating With Cheapskates
will make you stronger.
Dear E.W.C.: I agree that it’s stealing. Jack
Dear Abby: Every time my new wife and and Jill are taking something to which they are
I visit my mom or she visits us, my mother not entitled. Have you spoken to them about
scratches my back, rubs my arm, rests her it? If you have, then because their behavior
hand on my inner thigh, tickles me, hugs me PDNHV\RXXQFRPIRUWDEOH\RXDUHMXVWL¿HGLQ
or touches me any chance she gets. I don’t re- not going out with them.
ciprocate or validate the touching, but I don’t
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Bu-
discourage it either. She has been this way for ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was
so long that I’ve just gotten used to it. I never founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Con-
noticed how creepy it was until my wife men- tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
tioned something.
P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
DAYS GONE BY
100 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 4, 1915
W.L. Thompson, president of the Ameri-
can National Bank, is today wearing a patch
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to smile, as the result of a violent encounter
yesterday afternoon with a golf ball. Having
driven the ball among the boulders on one of
the hillsides of the links, he hit it as hard as
possible to lift it clear of the rocks. Howev-
er, it struck a boulder just in front of him and
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just above the mouth and splitting his lip. The
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indicates that even as tame a game as many
believe golf to be is not divorced from all
danger.
50 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 4, 1965
Jim Freeman, 33, of Pendleton came with-
in a few inches Tuesday afternoon of cutting
his head off with a chain saw. Freeman was
cutting wood at his home when his chain
saw apparently struck a piece of metal and
bounced back toward him, striking him in the
neck and making a large gash. He was taken
to St. Anthony Hospital where he received
over 15 stitches. Freeman was then released
and is convalescing at home today. He is an
operating engineer for Western Construction
Co.
25 Years Ago
From the East Oregonian
March 4, 1990
Almost 50 years ago, 79 men were at the
Pendleton Airport, training for a bombing
raid on Tokyo that was to become famous. On
April 23, nine of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders
will return to their training grounds. Airport
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time the raiders have returned to Pendleton.
The Doolittle Raiders — named for their
leader, who at the time was Lt. Colonel Jim-
my Doolittle — trained in Pendleton in 1941
and during February and March of 1942, not
long after the Japanese attacked Peal Harbor.
In April of 1942, the raiders left their Pendle-
ton training grounds, went to California, got
on board 16 B-25s and, on the 18th, headed
out to bomb Tokyo.
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