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Page 6B East Oregonian PEANUTS COFFEE BREAK Wednesday, January 27, 2016 DEAR ABBY BY CHARLES M . SCHULZ Divorcing husband wary of wife’s online deception FOR BETTER OR WORSE BY LYNN JOHNSTON B.C. BY JOHNNY HART PICKLES BY BRIAN CRANE Dear Abby: I have been married been together two years and get along for 10 years. Four years ago, while well. His parents live 35 minutes ZDLWLQJIRURXUGLYRUFHWREH¿QDOL]HG away and his mom doesn’t drive. I decided I’d start dating online and The other day he commented that suggested she do the same. We were she wanted us to invite her over, as she still friends, so I didn’t think it was hadn’t been over in a year. I told him crossing any boundaries. his mother is always welcome and My online dating efforts were should just call to make sure we are met with peculiar results. All of the home. He then proceeded to tell me he Jeanne six women I connected with either Phillips wanted her to spend the night. He said stood me up or made excuses why that in his previous relationship, his Advice they couldn’t or wouldn’t meet me mother would stay over occasionally. in person. Out of frustration I began I didn’t know what to say, but at dating my wife again and we canceled the the age of 40, should he really be wanting divorce proceedings. sleepovers? It struck me as odd. I’m a private About a year after we got back together, person and I’m not sure how to resolve this. I my wife confessed that the women I had don’t want him to feel I’m rejecting his mom, UHDFKHG RXW WR RQOLQH ZHUH DOO ¿FWLWLRXV but I don’t see why she needs to spend the personae that she had constructed with the night. I don’t want to walk on eggshells with intent of exhausting my search efforts. It her, because she called and scolded me about worked. how I spoke to her son several months ago. :HDUHQRZ¿OLQJIRUGLYRUFHDJDLQDQG Advice? — Lady Of The House I’m worried she may do the same thing. What Dear Lady: Is there something you can I do? — Southern Guy haven’t mentioned? Why has it been a year Dear Southern Guy: Because you think VLQFH\RXU¿DQFH¶VPRWKHUKDVEHHQLQYLWHGWR your wife might pull that stunt again, stop visit? Certainly in all this time you could have sharing any details of your online dating picked her up. A blanket “come anytime, just SXUVXLWV ZLWK KHU 'H¿QLWHO\ UHIUDLQ IURP FDOO¿UVW´LVQ¶WDSURSHULQYLWDWLRQ²SDUWLFX- telling her which sites you’re using. (Use larly if the person doesn’t drive. different ones than before.) If you prefer she not be an overnight guest, Or, hearken back to the good old days and ,GRQ¶WWKLQN\RXU¿DQFHVKRXOGIRUFHLW$QG try meeting people in person. The worst that if you prefer that she not meddle in your rela- could happen might be that you encounter tionship with her son, I hope you made it clear your soon-to-be ex in various disguises — but WRKHUZKHQVKH³VFROGHG´\RX2IFRXUVHLW you know her well enough by now that you wouldn’t have happened if her son hadn’t should be able to see through them. tattled to her — which should be a glimpse of Dear Abby: I am engaged to a wonderful what marriage to him may be like if you don’t man, and we will be married soon. We have get this straightened out now. DAYS GONE BY BEETLE BAILEY GARFIELD BLONDIE BY MORT WALKER BY JIM DAVIS BY DEAN YOUNG AND STAN DRAKE 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 27, 1916 Prohibition in Pendleton is developing a new type of criminal, the liquor thief, as a QXPEHURIORFDOFLWL]HQVZLWKVWRFNHGFHOODUV ZLOOWHVWLI\1ROHVVWKDQDKDOIGR]HQWKHIWVRI liquor from private homes have been reported within the past week. Former saloonmen who had part of their stocks left and who removed this residue to their homes are the heaviest losers. Herman Peters, former proprietor of the Columbia Bar, is reported to have had several cases of beer stolen from the cellar of his home on West Webb street. W.G. Bogert, former proprietor of Billy’s Place, lost a half GR]HQTXDUWVRIOLTXRUZKHQVRPHWKLHIPDGH entrance to his cellar by using a pair of nippers on the padlock. A whole barrel of beer is said to have been stolen from another cellar and several additional smaller thefts have been reported. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 27, 1966 College students Billy Rex Wesley Roulet, 19, and Edward Page Didion, 18, will have plenty of time for studying now: they were sentenced to 60 days in jail after admitting they had slashed or punctured 41 tires on parked vehicles here the night of Jan. 17. Judge Kaye said they could continue to attend their classes at Blue Mountain Community College and gave them a choice of either spending their nights at the county jail, or the weekends, or both. Kaye suspended an additional four months in jail. Both said they could give no reason for the vandalism. They said a third person, who sat in the car while the two attacked tires with a screwdriver and knife, obtained beer for them. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian Jan. 27, 1991 Kyle Garrett, Carolyn Bickford and Shannon Gadberry eagerly stretched the FRPSXWHUSULQWRXWDFURVVWKHOLEUDU\ÀRRUDQG read the latest on the war. All of the students at Sherwood Heights Elementary School are interested in the war in the Middle East, they said. And now students at the school have the ability to be among the most informed people in Umatilla County about news in the Middle East and most other places in the world. United Artists Cable donated a high-speed wire service to Sherwood last week, and plans to do the same for schools in Pendleton, Hermiston, 3LORW5RFN6WDQ¿HOGDQG(FKRZLWKLQWKHQH[W month and a half. Librarian Nancy Pratt said the computer and monitor will be mounted on a coaster that can be patched into cable hookups throughout the school. THIS DAY IN HISTORY DILBERT THE WIZARD OF ID LUANN ZITS BY SCOTT ADAMS BY BRANT PARKER AND JOHNNY HART BY GREG EVANS BY JERRY SCOTT AND JIM BORGMAN Today is the 27th day of 2016. There are 339 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 27, 1945, during World War II, Soviet troops OLEHUDWHG WKH 1D]L FRQFHQ- WUDWLRQFDPSV$XVFKZLW]DQG Birkenau in Poland. On this date: In 1756, composer Wolf- JDQJ $PDGHXV 0R]DUW ZDV ERUQLQ6DO]EXUJ$XVWULD In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his elec- tric incandescent lamp. In 1901, opera composer Giuseppe Verdi died in Milan, Italy, at age 87. In 1913, the musical play ³7KH,VOH2¶'UHDPV´RSHQHG in New York; it featured the song “When Irish Eyes Are 6PLOLQJ´ E\ (UQHVW 5 %DOO Chauncey Olcott and George Graff Jr. In 1944, during World War II, the Soviet Union announced the complete end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years. In 1951, an era of atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flat. In 1965, “Up the Down 6WDLUFDVH´ %HO .DXIPDQ¶V novel about a young, idealistic teacher at a New York inner-city school, was published by Prentice-Hall. In 1967, astronauts Virgil ,³*XV´*ULVVRP(GZDUG+ White and Roger B. Chaffee GLHGLQDÀDVK¿UHGXULQJDWHVW aboard their Apollo space- craft. More than 60 nations signed a treaty banning the orbiting of nuclear weapons. In 1973, the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris. In 1977, the Vatican issued D GHFODUDWLRQ UHDI¿UPLQJ WKH Roman Catholic Church’s ban on female priests. Today’s Birthdays: Actor James Cromwell is 76. Actor John Witherspoon is 74. Rock musician Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) is 72. Rhythm-and- blues singer Nedra Talley (The Ronettes) is 70. Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov is 68. Political commentator (G6FKXOW]LV&KLHI86 Justice John Roberts is 61. Country singer-musician Richard Young is 61. Actress Mimi Rogers is 60. Rock musician Janick Gers (Iron Maiden) is 59. Rock singer Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) is 55. Actress Bridget Fonda is 52. Actor Alan Cumming is 51. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 48. Rock singer Mike Patton is 48. Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt is 47. Thought for Today: “The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world LWVHOI´ ² Wallace Stevens, American poet and author (1879-1955). PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BY DANA SIMPSON BIG NATE BY LINCOLN PEIRCE
